Nanking, Kiangsu province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
19867i
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Description

Three men two of whom, on the right, are examining a Gatling gun or Mitrailleuse, the breech-block of which lies by the tail of the trunnion. Parts of other weapons on the ground, an empty gun carriage behind to the left, against which the third man leans. A large riveted iron bucket on the extreme right, a pile of cannon-balls behind, a building in the background. The same place as Thomson's negative number 802

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Nanking Arsenal, China, 1871 Bears Thomson's negative number: "800"

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 19867i

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