Sepia photo of two men in long robes beside a boxed magic lantern on a metal stand, with low buildings and a dusty street behind them.

Magic lantern show in Peking street, 1869

A sepia glass-plate photograph of a dusty street in Peking, China. Two men in long dark robes attend a large boxed magic lantern mounted on a tripod-like metal frame, while low buildings with lattice windows line the roadway behind them.

Artist: John Thomson
Date: 1869
Medium: Genre photographs Wet collodion negatives Photographs
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 3898 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1869.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

19th century 1860s 1869 china street scene wet collodion negative magic lantern glass plate photograph peking projector john thomson sepia