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

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1871
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19076i
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Description

A rocky gully, overhung with dense vegetation

Publication/Creation

1871.

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion

Lettering

Mountain gorge, Formosa, mountain stream between Kas-sanpo and Laulong, Formosa, 1871 Bears Thomson's negative number: "413"

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

References note

John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, London, 1873-4, vol. I, pl. XXIV, fig. 51 "A mountain pass in Formosa"
John Thomson, Through China with a camera, London, 1898, f.p. 104 "Mountain gorge, island of Formosa"
R. Viénet, Formosa from the earth and from the air 1871-2006, Taiwan: Editions René Viénet, 2006, p. 131

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19076i

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