Shanghai, Kiangsu province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19323i
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About this work
Description
View of harbour/shore including, on the right, the building shown in Thomson's negative number 530. Many boats in the foreground
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
Contributors
Lettering
Shanghai 1865
Bears Thomson's negative number: "531"
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
References note
John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, London, 1873-4, vol. III pl. IV, fig. 7. "Shanghai Bund in 1869"
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19323i
Type/Technique
Subjects
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores