China: a mender of broken chinaware, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1869
- Reference:
- 19686i
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Description
Two men and a boy against a plain background. The standing man holds a plate, the other is sitting. During his visit to Beijing, Thomson noted that artisans plied their trades on every vacant space in the streets of the city. Here, the mender is sitting with a yoke and panniers; a boy stands behind them, looking away
Publication/Creation
1869
Physical description
1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph
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Pekinese, mender of broken glassware &c
Bears Thomson's negative number: "717"
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. 52 (reproduced)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19686i
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Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request Note