Hong Kong [?]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1869
- Reference:
- 19990i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
View showing one side of a street of shop buildings. Shop-signs and posters in Chinese and English. Large ornate building in the centre with balconies, painted decoration, coloured glass windows, and awnings. Two people standing in the foreground to the left, another in the background on the right
Publication/Creation
1869
Physical description
1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion
Contributors
Lettering
Bears no Thomson number, now numbered [xviii]
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 19990i
Type/Technique
Languages
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request Note