Amoy, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19737i
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A young man with his thumbs cut off and right foot injured, posed against the same background as Thomson's negative number 738
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph
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An unfortunate thief Amoy 1871 with thumbs amputated
Bears Thomson's negative number: "739"
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 19737i
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