Honan province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, ca. 1870.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19431i
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A mountainous rural scene: dry stone walls in the foreground, a large house in the middle ground, misty mountains in the background
Publication/Creation
1981
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1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph
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Scene in Honan
Bears Thomson's negative number: "591"
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
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19431i
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