Canton, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
19581i
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Description

A young woman, seated against a plain background, wearing a headscarf and overdress of coarse woven material

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Boat-girl Canton Bears Thomson's negative number: "669"

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. I, pl. XI, 4 "Four heads, types of the labouring classes"

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19581i

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