Buildings, Hong Kong. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1868/1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 18723i
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View taken from a high point on Murray Battery looking towards the west with Queens Road in the centre. Foliage and rooftops in foreground. The building with two towers on the left of the skyline is the first Roman Catholic cathedral. On the extreme left hand side is Zetland Hall
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
Contributors
Lettering
Bears Thomson's negative number: "48"
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 18723i
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