Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
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19813i
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A group of ten people, one with a bow and arrow, on a rocky river-side with trees behind. Seems identical to Thomson's negative number 775, the other half of the stereo pair [?]

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

A fishing party, near Lau-long, 1871. Native Pepohoans, Formosa Bears Thomson's negative number: "775a"

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

References note

R. Viénet, Formosa from the earth and from the air 1871-2006, Taiwan: Editions René Viénet, 2006, p. 163

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19813i

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