Pearl River, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19333i
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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
Publication/Creation
1981
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1 photograph : photoprint
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Fae Luy Tze monastery China
Signed in the negative
Bears Thomson's negative number: "536"
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
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19333i
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