Foochow, Fukien province, China: Pagoda Island (the pagoda anchorage). Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1869
- Reference:
- 19964i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
A river scene with scrubland on the river bank in the foreground at the left. A river with moored boats large and small. On the left an island or promontory, with a pagoda on an eminence and numerous other buildings around. In the right centre on the far shore some European style buildings. In the background mountains and sky
Publication/Creation
1869
Physical description
1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion
Contributors
Lettering
Bears no Thomson number, now numbered [i]
References note
John Thomson, Through China with a camera, Westminster: A. Constable, 1898, p. 142 (description of island)
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
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19964i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request Note