Amoy, Fukien province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870/1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1870
Reference:
18964i
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A house [?] on an embankment with a corpulent man standing at the balcony. More figures by a kiln or oven and wooden frames below. A pool [?] in the foreground

Publication/Creation

1870

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph

Lettering

Amoy China Bears Thomson's negative number: "356"

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 18964i

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