Paphos, Cyprus. Photograph by John Thomson, 1878.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1878
Reference:
19026i
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View of the inside of a cavernous tomb, looking out. On the left, a (living) man squatting on a ledge. On the right, a shaft of sunlight from the mouth of the tomb

Publication/Creation

1878.

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1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion

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Entrance to a tomb Paphos Cyprus Bears Thomson's negative number: "387"

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19026i

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