China: a Manchu bride. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19685i
- Pictures
Selected images from this work
View 3 imagesAbout this work
Description
A head and shoulders portrait of a young woman, posed to face the front against a dark background, looking left. Dressed in a richly embroidered costume and floral headgear with tassels, her face is powdered white
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
Contributors
Lettering
Manchu bride
Bears Thomson's negative number: "716"
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 19685i
Type/Technique
Subjects
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores