Takow, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
19071i
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Takow, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

A small craft in the foreground, larger ones in the middleground. Misty mountains in the background at the horizon line. The remains of a masking 'frame' on the negative

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Taku harbour Formosa Takow harbour 18... Bears Thomson's negative number: "409"

References note

R. Viénet, Formosa from the earth and from the air 1871-2006, Taiwan: Editions René Viénet, 2006, p. 47

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 19071i

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