Amoy, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870/1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
18977i
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About this work

Description

Monks [or court attendants?], one holding a piece of paper [?], stand beside decorated pillars at centre left and centre right. The Buddhist temple also shown in Thomson's negative number 348

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph

Lettering

Amoy Guild house Bears Thomson's negative number: "362"

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 18977i

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