Canton, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19577i
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A group of eleven young men, wearing uniforms and hats with fur trim, lounging on a gun-carriage or sitting on the ground across a paved pathway. A ruined pagoda in the centre background. A white masking line framing the central area
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
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Cantonese soldiers Canton China 28
Signed in the negative
Bears Thomson's negative number: "667"
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. I, pl. XIV, "Tartar soldiers. The reader cannot fail to be struck with the fine manly build and soldierly appearance of the Tartar artillery-men shown in the photograph. These men formed the native guard of Sir. D.B. Robertson, our consul at Canton."
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19577i
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