Putu, Hupeh province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, ca. 1870.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1870
- Reference:
- 19400i
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Cultivated plants in the foreground, people standing on a large stepped bridge in the middle ground. Houses nearby, mountains in the background
Publication/Creation
1870
Physical description
1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 x 10 in.)
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China, Buddhist island of Putu
Bears Thomson's negative number: "575"
References note
John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, London, 1873-4, vol. III pl. VII, fig. 15 "Kwan Yin Temple, Puto 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 19400i
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