Lalung, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19807i
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Four people, two older women at right and left, two children in the centre. Many more people sitting in the shade of the thatched huts to the right. The left-hand frame is crossed through
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph
Contributors
Lettering
Hong-Ko's house, Lau-long, Formosa, 1871
Bears Thomson's negative number: "773"
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
References note
John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, London, 1873-4, vol. II, pl. IV, fig. 12, "Lakoli"
R. Viénet, Formosa from the earth and from the air 1871-2006, Taiwan: Editions René Viénet, 2006, p. 103
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19807i
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