Saigon, Cochin China [Vietnam]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1867.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1867
Reference:
19910i
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Description

A long wooden bridge on wooden piles, seen from the bank. An old woman and two children at the near end, a reeded bank in the left foreground

Publication/Creation

1867.

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 x 10 in.)

Lettering

River-bridge, Saigon Bears Thomson's negative number: "1086"

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 19910i

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