China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1871
Reference:
19354i
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A large building with four ziggurat towers and a carved facade. The same place as Thomson's negative number 553. Another building to the left. A man sitting on the ground with a horse

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1871

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion

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Buddhist temple, China Bears Thomson's negative number: "551"

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 19354i

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