Hong Kong [?]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
- John Thomson
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19993i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
A large harbour on the left with many moored ships, cloud-topped mountains in the background. White-walled colonial buildings in the foreground, with paths laid out to them. Identical with Thomson's negative numbers 14 and 24, therefore Hong Kong, but shown reversed on the disc. Film, not glass, negative
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
Contributors
Lettering
Bears no Thomson number, now numbered [xix]
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 19993i
Type/Technique
Subjects
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores