Amoy (Xiamen), Fukien province, China: the harbour viewed from Ku-lang Su (Gulangyu) Island. Photograph by John Thomson, 1868/1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1868/1871
- Reference:
- 18668i
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View of a harbour from a hill overlooking the walled garden of a villa. This was identified by Thomson as Hong Kong. However, Mr John Warner has suggested that it is not Hong Kong but one of the Treaty Ports, and Dr Howard Scott has identified it as taken from Ku-lang Su (Koolansoo, Gulangyu) Island looking towards Amoy (Xiamen)
Publication/Creation
1868/1871.
Physical description
1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 25.5 x 30.5 cm (10 x 12 in.)
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Hong Kong, hills
Bears Thomson's negative number: "17"
Notes
This is one of a collection of original glass negatives made by John Thomson. The negatives, made between 1868 and 1872, were purchased from Thomson by Sir Henry Wellcome in 1921
Reference
Wellcome Collection 18668i
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Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request Note