Nankow pass, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19275i
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A river running through a pass between mountains, with a man and a donkey standing in the foreground
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1981
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1 photograph : photoprint
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Nankow pass, North China, leading to the Great Wall
Bears Thomson's negative number: "509"
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. IV, pl. XXIII, fig. 55 "The Nankow Pass"
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Wellcome Collection 19275i
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