Pearl River, Kwangtung province, China: a bridge. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870/1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 18857i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
A peasant crossing a stone bridge over a tributary leading into large river. A house flanked by tall bushes behind the bridge. A boat (Thomson's?) moored at the confluence. Another boat, upturned, in the foreground at right hand side
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
Contributors
Lettering
Kwangtung Province China. Chinese Bridge. Lye Fow Kok bridg[e]
Bears Thomson's negative number: "297"
"Lye Fow Kok bridg[e]" scratched by Thomson in one of the lower corners of negative (corner opposite the bridge)
References note
John Thomson, Through China with a camera, London 1888, facing p. 42 (reproduced, "as Chinese bridge, Kwangtung province, 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
Reference
Wellcome Collection 18857i
Type/Technique
Subjects
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores