Snowy Valley, Chekiang province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1871
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19304i
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High sheer rock walls, with a waterfall, seen from some distance below. The same as Thomson's negative number 521, but taken at a slightly different angle

Publication/Creation

1871

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph

Lettering

Snowy valley above Nankin Bears Thomson's negative number: "524"

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 19304i

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