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A Manchu bride. Photograph by John Thomson, Peking, 1871/1872.
Thomson expressed admiration for the fine costumes of Manchu brides, but compared their future lives to slavery.
Wellcome Library ref. 19865i
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Interior of a tea-house in Hong Kong. Photograph by John Thomson, 1868/1871
Wellcome Library ref. 18745i
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Prea Sat Ling Poun, a tower at Angkor Wat. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865
The vast 12-century masonry structure , overgrown with dense foliage, has entrances at the lower level surmounted by four colossal faces sculpted in relief.
Wellcome Library ref. 19171i
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Island temple on the river Min near Foochow, Fukien province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870/1871.
Wellcome Library ref. 18943i
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