Temple of Confucius (Kong Miao), Peking: Hall of Great Accomplishment (Dachengdian) seen from outside. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
19257i
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Description

A large building, in good repair, seen from outside. Up on a plinth, approached by steps with carved panel in the centre. Two trees at the left and right

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Imperial Ming tomb, China, Pechili Bears Thomson's negative number: "500"

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

References note

Nick Pearce, Photographs of Peking, China 1861-1908: an inventory and description of the Yetts collection at the University of Durham: through Peking with a camera, Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 2005, no. 17, p. 87

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19257i

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