Baksa, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
19825i
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A woman shown half-length facing the front, against a plain background. The same woman as in Thomson's negative number 779, but full face

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Pepohoan female, Baksa, age 30 years, 1871 Bears Thomson's negative number: "780"

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

References note

R. Viénet, Formosa from the earth and from the air 1871-2006, Taiwan: Editions René Viénet, 2006, p. 113

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19825i

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