Pearl River, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 18875i
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The river in the foreground, a plain in the middle ground, peaks in the distance. Steps cut in the river bank down to the water, a houseboat [Thomson's ?] moored on the right
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1981
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1 photograph : photoprint
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Pearl river Kwangtung China
Bears Thomson's negative number: "308"
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
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Wellcome Collection 18875i
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