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

Canton, China: a panoramic view of the city. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Nankow pass, Pechili province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

Nanking, Kiangsu province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

Leicester's Hospital, Warwick. Photograph by F. Frith.

Bangkok, Siam [Thailand]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.

Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.

Nanking, Kiangsu province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

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

The Bund, Hong Kong. Photograph by John Thomson, 1868/1871.

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

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 11.5 x 19.2 cm.

Kiukiang, Kiangsi province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, ca. 1870.

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph

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

Leicester's Hospital, Warwick. Photograph by F. Frith.

Kiukiang, Kiangsi province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, ca. 1870.

Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.

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

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

Leicester's Hospital, Warwick. Photograph by F. Frith.

Kiukiang, Kiangsi province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, ca. 1870.

Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.

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

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