Foochow, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870/1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 18919i
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Man with two children and two oxen walking along a track next to tiered fields. Trees in the distance
Publication/Creation
1981
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1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph
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Hill cultivation Foochow
Bears Thomson's negative number: "331"
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, vol. II, pl. XX, no. 48 "Tenacing Hills"
Reference
Wellcome Collection 18919i
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