Nanking, Kiangsu province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
19267i
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Description

Stone statues of elephants, with heaps of small stones [?] on their backs. A man stands next to the left hand elephant in the foreground

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph

Lettering

Avenue of stone animals, Ming tombs Bears Thomson's negative number: "505"

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19267i

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