Yangtze river, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1871
- Reference:
- 19898i
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Description
The interior of a cabin with three European men sitting around a table, one of them (on the left) John Thomson. Binoculars on the table, Appleton's Journal on the wall behind. Two Winchester rifles hanging from the ceiling. The same setting and the same men as in Thomson's negative number 815, but the men are in different poses and the copy of Harpers Weekly is here missing from the foreground
Publication/Creation
1871
Physical description
1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph
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Our cabin
Bears Thomson's negative number: "816"
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 19898i
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Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request Note