Beschreibung:

Thomson (John, 1837-1921). A group of 12 small photographs of scenes in Formosa [Taiwan], 1871, albumen prints, images 8.6 x 8.0 cm and very similar sizes, individually captioned in contemporary calligraphic brown ink, a little scattered light fading, neatly mounted in sixes on one side of two album leaves, 27.5 x 38.5 cm (Qty: 12) Sheet 1: a) ’Entrance to Takao [Kaohsiung] Harbour’: René Viénet, Formosa from the Earth and from the Air 1871-2006, (2006), p. 37; Wellcome Library no. 19093i; b) ‘Takao’: Viénet, p. 43; Wellcome 19095i; c) ’Takao’: Viénet, p. 51; Wellcome 191105i; d) ’Volcanic Rocks Takao’; e) ’Surf Boats’: Viénet, p. 61; Wellcome 19097i; f) ’Fishing in the Surf’: Stephen White, John Thomson Life and Photographs, (1985), illust. 102; Viénet, p. 55; Wellcome 19099i. Sheet 2: a) ’Surf Boat’: John Thomson Illustrations of China and Its People, (1873-4), vol. 2, plate V, fig. 14; Viénet, p. 59; Wellcome 19115i; b) ‘Banyan-Tree’: Viénet, p. 165; Wellcome 19109i; c) ‘Path in Tai wan foo [Taiwanfu]’: Thomson, ICIP, 2.V.13; d) ‘Native Well’; e) ‘Native Well’: Wellcome 19089i; f) ‘Sugar Packing’.