Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870/1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
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18957i
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Previous title, replaced July 2024: Amoy, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870/1871.

Description

Courtyard of a temple with incense-burners and ornamental trees. The same building as in Thomson's negatives number 350. Two spinning [?] globes under the central verandah. Under another verandah to the extreme left, what appears to be a camera on a tripod

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

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Lettering

Chinese guild temple, Ningpo guild temple, Ningpo Bears Thomson's negative number: "351"

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 18957i

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