Fort Zeelandia, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph, 1981, after a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
19113i
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Description

A wall, riven by cracks, with a blocked-up gateway. An inscription above the gateway reads: "T'CASTEEL ZEELANDIA/GEBOUW ANNO 80". A native sitting with his back to the camera

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Bears Thomson's negative number: "430"

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

References note

R. Viénet, Formosa from the earth and from the air 1871-2006, Taiwan: Editions René Viénet, 2006, p. 69

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19113i

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