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Yuen Ming Yuen, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

View of the dissecting room of St George's Hospital. Taken 27 March 1860. To Henry Gray Esq.r F.R.S. as a respectful remembrance from Joseph Langhorn.

China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.

Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1865.

Canton, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.

A standing man, full-length back view, with elephantiasis of the left leg and probably scrotum, Fiji. Photograph by F.W. O'Connor, 1920/1921.

Tientsin, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

Bangkok, Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.

Charing Cross Hospital: Stanley Boyd in the old operating theatre. Photograph, 1900.

Peking, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.

The Pharmacie du Cerf and surrounding buildings, Strasbourg. Photograph.

Amoy, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870/1871.

Franzensbad (Františkovy Lázně), Czechoslovakia: wooden baths on wheels which are filled with turf being mixed with boiling water to make medicinal mud baths. Photograph by Miss Georgievsky, 1935.

Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.

Amoy, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.

Two dwarfs: "Tom Thumb" (Charles Sherwood Stratton) (1838-1883) and his wife Lavinia Warren Stratton (1841-1919). Photograph, c. 1865.

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Gelatin silver prints

Images from the collections

Images of Gelatin silver prints

Works from the collections

Franzensbad (Františkovy Lázně), Czechoslovakia: wooden baths on wheels which are filled with turf being mixed with boiling water to make medicinal mud baths. Photograph by Miss Georgievsky, 1935.

Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.

Amoy, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.

Amoy, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870/1871.

Two dwarfs: "Tom Thumb" (Charles Sherwood Stratton) (1838-1883) and his wife Lavinia Warren Stratton (1841-1919). Photograph, c. 1865.

Gelatin silver prints

Images from the collections

Images of Gelatin silver prints

Works from the collections

Franzensbad (Františkovy Lázně), Czechoslovakia: wooden baths on wheels which are filled with turf being mixed with boiling water to make medicinal mud baths. Photograph by Miss Georgievsky, 1935.

Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.

Amoy, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.

Amoy, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870/1871.

Two dwarfs: "Tom Thumb" (Charles Sherwood Stratton) (1838-1883) and his wife Lavinia Warren Stratton (1841-1919). Photograph, c. 1865.

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