Canton, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19531i
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Two Buddhist monks, playing "chess" [perhaps Gò' or another board game?] in a dark interior, both wearing white robes. Three others at the table, the centre one of these, the oldest, wearing spectacles. Others, much younger, looking on from the edges of the room
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
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Game of chess. Chinese monks (Buddhists)
Bears Thomson's negative number: "641"
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 19531i
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