Baksa, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1871
- Reference:
- 19102i
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Description
Two snakes coiled around a branch, near a hanging rock. A person standing under the hanging rock. Compare with Thomson's negative number 419
Publication/Creation
1871.
Physical description
1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph ; glass approximately 10.5 x 21.5 cm (4 x 8 in.)
Contributors
Lettering
A great hanging rock at Baksa, Formosa, with two deadly snakes common to the place. Yellow bamboo snake, the Seh-tuk pieu, or most deadly
Bears Thomson's negative number: "425"
References note
R. Viénet, Formosa from the earth and from the air 1871-2006, Taiwan: Editions René Viénet, 2006, p. 137
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
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19102i