Cochin China [Vietnam]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1867.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1867
Reference:
19920i
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Description

A vegetable garden with a girl watering plants from panniers. An older pregnant woman with a baby in her arms watching from the shade of a tree on the left. A house in the background to the left. A well to the right with a tree bent over as a counterbalance for the bucket

Publication/Creation

1867.

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 16.5 x 21.5 cm (6½ x 8½ in.)

Lettering

Cochin Chinese farmhouse Bears Thomson's negative number: "1091"

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 19920i

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