One of the chests which the photographer John Thomson (1837-1921) used to carry his glass negatives. Wood and metal, 18--.

[between 1800 and 1899]

1 box : wood with metal ; box and lid 26 x 47.5 x 30 cm

Box V

Wellcome Collection 644489i

Paper label glued to left side of box, very faded, lists subjects of photographs and Thomson's negative numbers. Paper label on lid is address label to send the box from the Wellcome company office in Snow Hill, London, to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, in connection with the purchase of the photographs from John Thomson's executors: it bears typed legend "Chinese negatives packed in three cases". Later Wellcome label inscribed "C"