Foochow, Fukien province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870/1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1870
Reference:
18918i
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Description

Man with two children and two oxen walking along a track next to tiered fields. Trees in the distance

Publication/Creation

1870

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph

Lettering

Hill cultivation Foochow Bears Thomson's negative number: "331"

References note

John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, vol. II, pl. XX, no. 48 "Tenacing Hills"

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 18918i

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