Lalung, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

1871.

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 30.5 x 25.5 cm (12 x 10 in.)

Mountain stream between La-lung and Ka-san-po, Formosa, 1871 Bears Thomson's negative number: "412"

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

John Thomson, Through China with a camera, London, 1898, p. 130, "Here we halted awhile to admire the loveliness of the mountain gorges, and to obtain a photograph of the scene."

R. Viénet, Formosa from the earth and from the air 1871-2006, Taiwan: Editions René Viénet, 2006, p. 133

Wellcome Collection 19078i