Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

  • John Thomson
Date:
1871
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19814i
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Two men with muskets, and a dog, against a bamboo-framed wicker palisade. A child beside the dog. Seems identical to Thomson's negative number 776a, the other half of the stereo pair

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1871

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1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion

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Native hunters Bears Thomson's negative number: "776"

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19814i

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