Canton, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19605i
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Two young women, wearing identical quilted silk costumes, standing by a wooden fence outside the verandah of a house. The one on the left is holding a flower
Publication/Creation
1981
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1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph
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Canton ladies
Bears Thomson's negative number: "681"
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 19605i
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