Peking, Pechili Province, China: a nightwatchman. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19621i
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A man, wearing a shaggy coat and hat, striking an attitude of calling out while hitting a wooden block [sounding-board?] with a baton. Taken out of doors. The same as Thomson's negative number 688a, probably one half of a stereo pair
Publication/Creation
1981
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1 photograph : photoprint
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Night watchman Canton
Bears Thomson's negative number: "688"
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 19621i
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