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Yuenfu, River Min, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870/1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date
- 1981
- Reference
- 18781i
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Description
Wooden roofs of the monastery buildings in an open rocky cavern, seen from above. A different view of the same monastery is in Illustrations of China and its people, vol. II, pl. XVII, fig. 44
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
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Lettering
Yuenfu Monastery, R Min, China
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
Lettering note
Bears Thomson's negative number: "79"
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 18781i
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