Hong Kong: a Cantonese lady. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869-1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1869-1871
Reference:
19602i
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A young woman, in plain raiment, standing with her hands clasped before her, in a makeshift studio setting. The photograph was taken in an artist's studio (cf. Thomson's negative number 789; Wellcome Library no. 19840i). The simple backdrop includes a table covered with embroidered Chinese cloth; on the side are examples of European-style furniture and two candlesticks. The young woman was probably an artist's model, or a customer who was having her portrait painted when Thomson visited the studio

Publication/Creation

1869-1871

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph

Lettering

Chinese maid, Canton Bears Thomson's negative number: "680"

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

References note

China through the lens of John Thomson, 1868-1872, Beijing: Beijing World Art Museum, 2009, p. 128 (reproduced)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19602i

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