The interior of a tea-house, Hong Kong. Photograph by John Thomson, 1868/1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1868/1871
Reference:
18744i
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A tea-house [?] with two women and two men seated at a table, a boy bringing tea [?] on the left

Publication/Creation

1868/1871.

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion, stereograph ; glass approximately 10.5 x 21.5 cm (4 x 8 in.)

Lettering

Chinese interior Bears Thomson's negative number: "60"

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 18744i

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