Kiukiang, Kiangsi province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, ca. 1870.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19411i
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A stone flagged path, in the centre foreground, a woman standing to the left. A tower in the distance at the right hand side. Similar to John Thomson, Illustrations of China, London, 1873-4, vol. III, pl. XV, fig. 29
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph
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Kiukiang ruins inland, China. Tai-ping-Koong
Bears Thomson's negative number: "581"
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
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19411i
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