China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19659i
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Two women wearing elaborate embroidered costumes standing in a garden. The one in the foreground carries a large folding fan
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
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Manchu ladies in garden
Bears Thomson's negative number: "705"
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
References note
John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, London, 1873-4, vol IV pl. XIII fig. 32, "Manchu ladies"
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19659i
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