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

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
19543i
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Description

An old man, seated, resting his right arm on a table, which also supports a tea-cup. A young boy standing, holding the left arm of the chair

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Mandarin and son, China. 20 Bears Thomson's negative number: "648"

Notes

This is one of a collection of same-size contact prints made, in 1981, from John Thomson's original negatives. The glass negatives, made between 1868 and 1872, were purchased from Thomson by Sir Henry Wellcome in 1921 and are now in the Wellcome Institute Library

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19543i

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