Macao, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1872
Reference:
18840i
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Description

Looking down a sloping street, a building with many overhanging cultivated plants on the right hand side. Several people looking on, exhibiting various degrees of interest

Publication/Creation

1872.

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 25.5 x 30.5 cm (10 x 12 in.)

Lettering

A street in Macao Bears Thomson's negative number: "289"

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 18840i

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