Putu, Hupeh province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, ca. 1870.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1870
Reference:
19400i
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Cultivated plants in the foreground, people standing on a large stepped bridge in the middle ground. Houses nearby, mountains in the background

Publication/Creation

1870

Physical description

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

Lettering

China, Buddhist island of Putu Bears Thomson's negative number: "575"

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

References note

John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, London, 1873-4, vol. III pl. VII, fig. 15 "Kwan Yin Temple, Puto Island"

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19400i

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