Saigon, Vietnam: tombs. Photograph by John Thomson, 1867.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1867
- Reference:
- 19928i
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Stone structures on the left, in a plain with outcrops of natural rock. Similar monuments to that shown in Thomson's negative number 1094, i.e. in the cemetery containing the tomb of Pierre Pigneau de Béhaine, Bishop of Adran in Turkey and Apostolic Vicar of Cochin China
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1867.
Physical description
1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion
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Cochin Chinese tombs
Bears Thomson's negative number: "1095"
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 19928i
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Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request Note