Macao, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
18829i
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View around the curve of the harbour with buildings. Trees in the foreground, low hills in the background. Boats at anchor in the harbour. Thomson's negative number 282 gives the view from the other side of the harbour

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1981

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1 photograph : photoprint

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Macao, Portugese settlement Kuan... Bears Thomson's negative number: "283"

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

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Wellcome Collection 18829i

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