Kwangtung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 18883i
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View of plain and mountains, with machicolated masonry wall in the foreground. Another wall below, with a tiled roof, buildings in the far distance on the plain
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
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Interior Kwangtung
Bears Thomson's negative number: "312"
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 18883i
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