Peking, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19713i
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An old man with a basket over his shoulder and a sort of broom, posed in front of a pale plain background. Seems identical to Thomson's negative number 729 bis, but that one has been scratched through. Probably one half of a stereo pair
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
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Old rag and paper collector, Peking
Bears Thomson's negative number: "729"
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 19713i
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