Peking, Pechili province, China: a Mongol tent. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1871
- Reference:
- 19850i
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Two boys outside a tent, in the background a brick wall. Every winter in imperial China, a great number of Mongols travelled to Beijing, bringing with them herds of cattle, quantities of frozen game, and of course the rich furs. At the back of the British Legation in Dongjiao minxiang, there was a market where the Mongols gathered and set up their tents
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1871
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1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph
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Mongals in camp, Peking
Bears Thomson's negative number: "793"
References note
China through the lens of John Thomson, 1868-1872, Beijing: Beijing World Art Museum, 2009, p. 59 (reproduced)
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 19850i
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