Title & Author:

John Thomson : China and its people / exhibition selected by Andrea Rose ; organised by Ruth Charity ; introduction by William Schupbach.

Publication:

London : British Council in association with the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, ©1991.

Description:

68 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Notes:
Exhibition catalogue.
Published by the British Council in association with the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine.
Includes bibliographical references.
Group A: Hong Kong and Macao : 1868-1870 -- Group B: South China, Canton, and Kwangtung Province: 1868-1870 -- Group C: Swatow, Amoy, Foochoow (Fukien Province) 1870-1871 -- Group D: Yangtze, central China: 1871 -- Group E: Peking and north China: 1871-1872.

Summary:

This is a catalogue of an exhibition of Thomson's photos prepared by the British Council for display in China and the Far East in 1991. Some of the prints had been previously published in the 19th century, while others appeared in this exhibition for the first time. None had previously been displayed in China. Thomson's four-volume Illustrations of China and its People, from 1873-4 had been printed by the collotype process, while his Through China with a Camera (1898) had used the cheaper half-tone process. The images in this exhibition and in the catalog are of considerably higher quality, printed from copy negatives of the original glass-plate negatives. The images have not been cropped or doctored, so all original scratches, etc. are present.

ISBN:

0905788249
9780905788241

Subject:

Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Arts and crafts.
History.
China Pictorial works.
China
China History 19th century Pictorial works Exhibitions.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
photobooks.
portraits.
Portraits
Photobooks
Pictorial works
Books.
Catalogues d'exposition.
Livres de photographies.

Added entries:

Rose, Andrea.
Charity, Ruth.
Schupbach, William.
British Council.
Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 92381
Call No.: TR140.T483 (ID:95-B747)
Status: Available