Stereo pair of black-and-white photographs showing a stone guardian lion on a pedestal in a courtyard beside a carved pillar and latticed window.

Guardian lion in a courtyard, Amoy, Fujian, China, by John Thomson

A stereoscopic pair of black-and-white photographs shows a carved stone guardian lion seated on a pedestal in a courtyard, beside a carved wooden pillar and a latticed window. Tiled roofs and whitewashed walls frame the scene, with the dark glass-plate edges visible.

Artist: John Thomson
Date: 1870
Medium: Wet collodion negatives Photographs
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 2018 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1870.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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