Snowy Valley, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1871
Reference:
19294i
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A distant view of a building in a field. Crop marks on central area of negative

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1871

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1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion

Lettering

No III 5x4 Snowy valley, China. Buddhist monastery Bears Thomson's negative number: "519"

Notes

This is one of a collection of original glass negatives made by John Thomson. The negatives, made between 1868 and 1872, were purchased from Thomson by Sir Henry Wellcome in 1921

References note

John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, London, 1873-4, vol. III pl. III, fig. 3. "The Monastery of the Snowy Crevice"

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19294i

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