Pearl River, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.

  • John Thomson
Date:
1870
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18868i
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A Buddhist monastery at the foot of a mountain, as seen also in Thomson's negatives numbers 306 and 307. A small [retreat ?] building to the left. Four boats moored on the near shore. A slightly different view of the same mountain shown in Thomson's negative number 293

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1870

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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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N branch Pearl river Buddhist temple Kwangtung Bears Thomson's negative number: "305"

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 18868i

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