Chouchow Fu, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1870
Reference:
18842i
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A large stone bridge with houses built on top. Many people looking down from the balconies of the houses. Taken during the dry season [?]

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1870

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1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 30.5 x 24 cm

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Chouchow bri Kwantung China S Bears Thomson's negative number: "290"

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

References note

John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, vol. 2, pl. VIII, fig. 19, "Chao-chow-fu bridge", Through China with a camera, f.p. 90, text p. 93.

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Wellcome Collection 18842i

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