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

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
19827i
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Description

The same woman as in Thomson's negative numbers 779 and 780, but with her hair covered with a headscarf

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Pepohoan female, headdress, Baksa, Formosa, 1871 Bears Thomson's negative number: "781"

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. 111

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19827i

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