River Min, Fukien province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870/1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1870
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- 18768i
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A Shui-Ku rapids boat, moored. The same boat, or a similar one, is seen on a different part of the river in John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, vol 2, plate XXIV, fig. 63 "a small rapid boat"
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1870
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1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion
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A Shui-Ku rapid boat, River Min, Fukien
Bears Thomson's negative number: "72"
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
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Wellcome Collection 18768i
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