River Min, Fukien province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870/1871.

  • John Thomson
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1870
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18794i
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A native house viewed from the sandy river bank. A man at centre left, plaited basket on the sand at centre right

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1870

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1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph

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Native house at Chiu Kow Min Bears Thomson's negative number: "86"

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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 18794i

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