Takow harbour (Takao, Kaohsiung), Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921
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1981
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19365i
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Previous title, replaced August 2023 : Saigon, Vietnam. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1867.

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View of a curving harbour waterfront from a hill, with two large, masted, ships moored close to the near shore. Dense foliage in the foreground. View of a curving harbour waterfront from a hill, with two large, masted, ships moored close to the near shore. Dense foliage in the foreground. The negative was inscribed "Saigon" by Thomson, but apparently in error. Thomson's photograph was published as a wood engraving by J. Moynet in Le tour du monde, 1875, p. 212, as "Port de Ta-kao" (Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, loc. cit.)

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1981

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1 photograph : photoprint

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Saigon Bears Thomson's negative number: "557"

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

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Wellcome Collection 19365i

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