Canton, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1869
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19610i
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Description

A young woman, wearing a conical hat, and an adolescent girl hanging on her arm

Publication/Creation

1869

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion

Lettering

Canton boat girls Bears Thomson's negative number: "684"

References note

John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, vol. I pl. VII "Boat Girls"

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 19610i

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