Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph, 1981, after a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

1981

1 photograph : photoprint

Bamboo boat Formosa surf-boat with tub for passengers Bears Thomson's negative number: "431"

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

R. Viénet, Formosa from the earth and from the air 1871-2006, Taiwan: Editions René Viénet, 2006, p. 59

Wellcome Collection 19115i