Amoy (Xiamen), Fukien province, China: a man and two women. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1871
Reference:
19726i
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Description

Three people, including a well-dressed girl on the left. Here are two women with one man standing in the middle. All three look down, as if they are uncomfortable. The two women appear in another photograph (Wellcome Library no. 19722i), where they are seated and gossiping. It was Thomson’s suggestion that they sit down to have the photograph taken, so that they would look more relaxed and natural. That photograph does not include the man, for Thomson wanted to record the women chatting at their ease. In this photograph, however, both the women are silent while the man does the talking

Publication/Creation

1871.

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph ; glass approximately 10.5 x 21.5 cm (4 x 8 in.)

Lettering

Natives of Amoy 1871 Bears Thomson's negative number: "734"

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

China through the lens of John Thomson, 1868-1872, Beijing: Beijing World Art Museum, 2009, p. 111 (reproduced)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19726i

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