Takow (Takao, Kaohsiung), Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921
- Date:
- 1871
- Reference:
- 19104i
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View from a hill with palm-trees in the left foreground, water visible on the horizon both sides of the isthmus
Publication/Creation
1871.
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1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph
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View in Takow harbour, Formosa, 1871
Bears Thomson's negative number: "426"
References note
R. Viénet, Formosa from the earth and from the air 1871-2006, Taiwan: Editions René Viénet, 2006, p. 51
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
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19104i
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