A Country Road near Taiwanfu; A Catamaran; Chain Pumps; Rock Inscriptions, Amoy

1868

Multiple scenes of Taiwanese daily life—from rural roads to fishing vessels—create a comprehensive visual survey that established Thomson as a master of documentary photography in East Asia.

Medium: Collotype, pl. V from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume II" (1873)

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