Two side-by-side black and white views of a robed monk beside carved wooden doors, reaching toward a hanging bronze bell near a rock cliff.

Monk ringing a bell at Fangguangyan monastery, Fujian, China

A stereoscopic pair of a robed figure in a long coat and cap standing beside a large wooden door with carved panels, reaching toward a hanging bronze bell. A rocky cliff rises behind, and a stone pillar stands in the foreground on a paved floor.

Artist: John Thomson
Date: 1870-1871
Medium: Wet collodion negatives Photographs
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 2053 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1871.
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19th century 1870s black and white photograph bell china monks stereograph wet collodion negative john thomson fujian