Kwangtung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 18833i
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A neglected pagoda on an outcrop of rock, by a river. Not the same building shown in Thomson's negative number 286
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
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Lettering
18. (ringed) 2
Bears Thomson's negative number: "285"
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, Through China with a camera, London 1898, f.p. 82; Illustrations of China and its people, London 1873-4, vol. II, pl. vii, fig. 18 ? "A pagoda near Chao-Chowfu"
Reference
Wellcome Collection 18833i
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