Nankow pass, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
- John Thomson
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19293i
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A valley between craggy rocks. A man with a laden donkey near a shallow stream in the foreground. A long train of similar beasts moving away down the valley. A small building [shrine?] on the hill to the left
Publication/Creation
1981
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1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph
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Nankow Pass North China
Bears Thomson's negative number: "518"
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 19293i
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