Foochow, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19981i
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Looking down on a long stone bridge with market-stalls on it, one with a white awning, across a still river. A town in the background. The same bridge as shown in Thomson's negative number 336, i.e. Foochow
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph
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Lettering
Bears no Thomson number, now numbered [xiii]
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 19981i
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Location Status Access Closed stores