Hupeh province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, ca. 1870.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19421i
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Round cakes of drying dung piled up neatly to form ẁalls' on the sandy shore. A man standing to the right
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph
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Fuel ready for the boats, Hoopeh XX 5x4 (45)
Bears Thomson's negative number: "586"
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. III, plate XX, 45 "Drying fuel"
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19421i
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