Chouchow Fu, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
18843i
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Description

A large stone bridge with houses built on top. Many people looking down from the balconies of the houses. Taken during the dry season [?]

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Chouchow bri Kwantung China S Bears Thomson's negative number: "290"

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, vol. 2, pl. VIII, fig. 19, "Chao-chow-fu bridge", Through China with a camera, f.p. 90, text p. 93.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 18843i

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