Two women chatting, Xiamen

Two women chatting, Xiamen

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: PF01-43. Photograph by John Thomson. The woman on the left is an amah. The older woman on the right, with a physician's black plaster on her temple, suffers from headaches. This image was reproduced in John Thomson's 'Illustrations of China and its People' (1873-1874), vol II, No.38. See a scan of Thomson's negative (Wellcome Collection ref: 19723i).

Location

Xiamen

Date

1871

Photographer

Thomson, John

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph