Baksa, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1871
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19790i
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Two men and two women in a forest clearing. One man in a flowing white shirt, the other bare-chested, smoking a pipe

Publication/Creation

1871.

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1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph

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Natives of Baksa, Formosa, 1871. Natives Formosa Bears Thomson's negative number: "765"

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

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Wellcome Collection 19790i

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