China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19977i
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A shrine constructed between the divergent trunk of a large tree, a pool behind. A boy sitting on the roots of the tree
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph
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Lettering
Chinese shrine
Bears no Thomson number, now numbered [vii]
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 19977i
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