Peking, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19681i
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A woman with an elaborate hairstyle, wearing a quilted garment with long wide sleeves, seated facing front, posed against a light background. For view from behind, see record number 19901i
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
Contributors
Lettering
Manchu lady, Peking
Bears Thomson's negative number: "713"
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. IV, pl. VIII, fig. 17, "Manchu female coiffure"
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19681i
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