River Min, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870/1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 18769i
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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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1981
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1 photograph : photoprint
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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 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
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Wellcome Collection 18769i
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