River Min, Fukien province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870/1871.

1870

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 25.5 x 30.5 cm (10 x 12 in.)

Mountains on the Min. 4 tints Bears Thomson's negative number: "74"

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

Wellcome Collection 18772i