Amoy, Fukien province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870/1871.

1870

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

Incense carrier, Buddhist temple Amoy Bears Thomson's negative number: "360"

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

Wellcome Collection 18972i