The Peak, Hong Kong. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1868/1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
18657i
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Description

View from the east. Sedan-chair men and man with parasol in foreground, behind them buildings at the foot of the Peak

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Signed in the negative Bears Thomson's negative number: "11"

References note

John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, London 1873/4, vol I, pl. ??, "Sedan-chair carriers". Only the area of the negative immediately around the sedan chair men is used in the book

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 18657i

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