Cochin China [Vietnam]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1867.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1867
- Reference:
- 19920i
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Description
A vegetable garden with a girl watering plants from panniers. An older pregnant woman with a baby in her arms watching from the shade of a tree on the left. A house in the background to the left. A well to the right with a tree bent over as a counterbalance for the bucket
Publication/Creation
1867.
Physical description
1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 16.5 x 21.5 cm (6½ x 8½ in.)
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Cochin Chinese farmhouse
Bears Thomson's negative number: "1091"
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 19920i
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Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request Note