Pearl River, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
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1871
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19332i
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View of a building, taken within its courtyard. An upturned boat [?] in the foreground to the right. Large baulks of timber, notched as for building, in a heap to the left. Described in Through China with a camera, pp 43-4

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1871

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1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 x 10 in.)

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Fae Luy Tze monastery China Signed Bears Thomson's negative number: "536"

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

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Wellcome Collection 19332i

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