《Illustrations of China and its People》Vol. 1 -：A Mountain Pass in the Island of Formosa
Author:John Thomson
Category：Photomechanical process
Year：1873
Size:Length:46.9 x Width:34 (cm)
Size description：影像尺寸：縱：30.2cm，橫：25.5cm
夾裱尺寸：縱：59.8cm，橫：49.8cm
Introduction：In 1871, John Thomson (1837–1921) was invited by James Laidlaw Maxwell (1836–1921), a medical missionary from the Presbyterian Church, for a photography tour in Taiwan, from the present area of Kaohsiung, Tainan to Pingtung. Thomson’s wet-plate photographs were well documented with location, theme, and year among other details. The photographer’s multiple publications and travel journals serve as a significant
base for researching the roots of Taiwan’s photography.
Fu Yuan-Cheng, Metadata of National Center of Photography and Images Collection, 2021
Accession Number:NCP2020-001-0033