Canton, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
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1869
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19610i
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A young woman, wearing a conical hat, and an adolescent girl hanging on her arm

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1869

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1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion

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Canton boat girls Bears Thomson's negative number: "684"

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

References note

John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, vol. I pl. VII "Boat Girls"

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19610i

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