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

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
19583i
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Two men in a makeshift studio. One standing, with his hair in a plait reaching down to his shins, holding a long piece of fabric in a demonstrative attitude, a basket between his feet. The other man is seated, looking at counters and other paraphernalia on a mat before him

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1981

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1 photograph : photoprint

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Street gambling, Canton 77 Bears Thomson's negative number: "670"

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

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Wellcome Collection 19583i

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