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

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
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1981
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Baksa, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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View of two ranges of a native house made of reeds [?] with a thatched roof. Two figures in the centre by an entrance. Pieces of domestic equipment all around, e.g. water pots

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1981

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1 photograph : photoprint

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Pepohoan dwellings Formosa China Pepohoan house Bak-su, Formosa 1871 Huts Formosa native Pepohoan Bears Thomson's negative number: "410"

References note

R. Viénet, Formosa from the earth and from the air 1871-2006, Taiwan: Editions René Viénet, 2006, p. 77

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

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Wellcome Collection 19073i

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