Black-and-white photograph of two tall pagodas above low buildings and plowed fields, with bare trees and a pale sky.

Two pagodas over plowed fields, China, 1871

Black-and-white photograph on a glass negative showing two tall multi-tiered pagodas rising above low roofed buildings and a walled field. In the foreground, rows of plowed earth lead toward the towers under a pale sky, with bare trees beside them. Scratches and edge damage mark the glass plate.

Artist: John Thomson
Date: 1871
Medium: Wet collodion negatives Photographs
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 2296 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1871.
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19th century 1870s 1871 photography china glass negative landscape architecture pagoda wet collodion negative plowed field john thomson black and white