John Thomson at the Arsenal, Nanking, Kiangsu province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19871i
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The same location as in Thomson's negative number 800. Two Chinese men, one holding the breech-block from a Gatling gun or Mitrailleuse. A bearded, behatted, European man (Thomson), posed ready to crank the handle to fire the gun
Publication/Creation
1981
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1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph
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The arsenal, Nanking
Bears Thomson's negative number: "802"
Notes
This is one of a collection of same-size contact prints made, in 1981, from John Thomson's original negatives. The glass negatives, made between 1868 and 1872, were purchased from Thomson by Sir Henry Wellcome in 1921 and are now in the Wellcome Institute Library
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19871i
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