Amoy, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
19737i
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Description

A young man with his thumbs cut off and right foot injured, posed against the same background as Thomson's negative number 738

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph

Lettering

An unfortunate thief Amoy 1871 with thumbs amputated Bears Thomson's negative number: "739"

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 19737i

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