Yuen Ming Yuen, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
19239i
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A courtyard in a monastery, with two monks to the right hand side, one striking a large bell. A disengaged column, with an animal supporter, to the left. Thomson describes the monastery in Through China with a camera, pp 264-265

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Buddhist temple, Yuen Ming Yuen, N China Bears Thomson's negative number: "491"

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 19239i

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