Shanghai, Kiangsu province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1871
Reference:
19326i
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An open roadway with colonial buildings to the left: Siemssen & Co., the Comptoir d'Escompte de Paris and the Masonic Hall. In the foreground, the memorial to the 'Ever-Victorious Army' which suppressed the Taiping rebellion in 1860-1864. The memorial was carved in Hong Kong and erected in 1866. Also seen in Thomson's negative number 530

Publication/Creation

1871

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion

Lettering

Shanghai Bund Bears Thomson's negative number: "533"

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

John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, London, 1873-4, vol. III. Pl. V, 9. "Shanghai Bund" the left photo

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19326i

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