Yuen Ming Yuen, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19235i
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A tall pagoda to the left, standing on a dilapidated brick base, with rubble all around. A tall solitary tree to the right. Beyond lie some other buildings
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1981
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1 photograph : photoprint
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Pagoda, Yuan-ming-Yuan, China
Bears Thomson's negative number: "489"
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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
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Wellcome Collection 19235i
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