Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 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
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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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