Peking, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19691i
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Four young adults painting vases [?] at a trestle table in the foreground. Another boy, in the background to the left, working at a treadle lathe [?]
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph
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Enamellers Peking
Bears Thomson's negative number: "719"
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
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19691i
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