Amoy, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19723i
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Two women, seated on wicker chairs, one leaning forward to the other one
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph
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Lettering
Amoy gossips, Amoy 1871
Bears Thomson's negative number: "732"
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, London, 1873-4, vol. II, pl. XIV, fig. 38. "Amoy women"
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19723i
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