Lalung, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1871
- Reference:
- 19806i
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Four people, two older women at right and left, two children in the centre. Many more people sitting in the shade of the thatched huts to the right. The left-hand frame is crossed through
Publication/Creation
1871.
Physical description
1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph
Contributors
Lettering
Hong-Ko's house, Lan-long, Formosa, 1871
Bears Thomson's negative number: "773"
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
References note
John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, London, 1873-4, vol. II, pl. IV, fig. 12, "Lakoli"
R. Viénet, Formosa from the earth and from the air 1871-2006, Taiwan: Editions René Viénet, 2006, p. 103
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19806i
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