Amoy, Fukien province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870/1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1870
Reference:
18958i
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Large earthenware jars, one broken, standing on a ledge on a rocky hill. Described in Through China with a camera, p. 101. Cf. Thomson's negative number 540

Publication/Creation

1870

Physical description

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

Lettering

Jars containing human remains awaiting interment in Amoy Bears Thomson's negative number: "352"

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 18958i

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