Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1871
- Reference:
- 19778i
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Description
A group of nine people, five seated, four standing, outside a house with a thatched roof, structural bamboo poles set into the mud [?] walls
Publication/Creation
1871
Physical description
1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 25.5 x 30.5 cm (10 x 12 in.)
Contributors
Lettering
Pepohoan natives, Formosa, China
Bears Thomson's negative number: "759"
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 19778i
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Where to find it
Box B7/2
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request Note