Peking, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19645i
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Two women, the elder seated, the younger standing. The standing one is wearing a ring with tassles. The same women as shown in Thomson's negative number 696
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph
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Peking women, (Manchu)
Bears Thomson's negative number: "698"
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 19645i
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