Baksa, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
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1871
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19824i
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A woman shown half-length facing the front, against a plain background. The same woman as in Thomson's negative number 779, but full face

Publication/Creation

1871.

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion

Lettering

Pepohoan female, Baksa, age 30 years, 1871 Bears Thomson's negative number: "780"

References note

R. Viénet, Formosa from the earth and from the air 1871-2006, Taiwan: Editions René Viénet, 2006, p. 113

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 19824i

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