Canton, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19629i
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Five men, three squatting on a mat gambling, two standing, one with a long plait. Strings of cash and other paraphernalia on the mat. Taken in a make-shift studio [?] with a draped sheet behind the men
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
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Street gamblers, Canton
Bears Thomson's negative number: "690"
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 19629i
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