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Thomson (John, 1837-1921). A group of 10 small photographs of indigenous people and scenes in Formosa [Taiwan], 1871, albumen prints, images 8.6 x 8.0 cm and similar small-format sizes, neatly mounted in sixes and fours on one side of two album leaves, 27.5 x 38.5 cm, both leaves titled ‘Aboriginal - Types’ in contemporary calligraphic brown ink, one village scene with additional caption in the same hand, ‘Pe-po-hoan Village’, a little scattered light fading (Qty: 10) Sheet 1: ‘Aboriginal - Types’. a) ‘Pe-po-hoan Village’: John Thomson Illustrations of China and Its People, (1873-4), vol. 2, plate IV, fig. 12; René Viénet, Formosa from the Earth and from the Air 1871-2006, (2006), p. 105; Wellcome Library no. 19807i; b) [Uncaptioned]: Viénet, p. 113; Wellcome 19825i; c) [Uncaptioned]: Thomson, ICIP, 2.II.2; Viénet, p. 107; Wellcome 19829i; d) [Uncaptioned]: Thomson, ICIP, 2.II.7; Viénet, p. 127; Wellcome 19819i; e) [Uncaptioned]: Thomson, ICIP, 2.II.4; f) [Uncaptioned]: Thomson, ICIP, 2.II.5; Viénet, p. 117; Wellcome 19822i. Sheet 2: ‘Aboriginal - Types’. a) [Uncaptioned]: John Thomson ICIP, 2.II.4; John Thomson Through China with a Camera, (1898), facing p. 36; b) [Uncaptioned]: Richard Ovenden, John Thomson (1837-1921) Photographer, (1997), illust. 55; Stephen White, John Thomson Life and Photographs, (1985), illust. 105; Viénet, p. 83; Wellcome 19805i; c) [Uncaptioned]: Thomson, ICIP, 2.II.6; Viénet, p. 123; Wellcome 19821i; d) [Uncaptioned]: Thomson, ICIP, 2.IV.9; White, illust. 106; Viénet, p. 93; Wellcome 19803i.