Nanking, Kiangsu province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19869i
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A courtyard in an arsenal, eight soldiers around a cannon. One man, with his back to the camera, swabbing out the muzzle of the gun
Publication/Creation
1981
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1 photograph : photoprint
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Bears Thomson's negative number: "801"
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 19869i
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