China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

  • John Thomson
Date:
1871
Reference:
19858i
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A three-quarter length portrait of a woman, wearing a fur hat and large earrings, looking downwards to right. Seems identical to Thomson's negative number 796, though less badly scratched, probably one half of a stereo pair

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1871

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1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion

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Mongol woman Bears Thomson's negative number: "796a"

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 19858i

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