John Thomson 1800s (chest) One of the chests which the photographer John Thomson (1837-1921) used to carry his glass negatives. Wood and metal, 1800's.
Colour image 33 x 38 x 44 cm (box and lid)
Wellcome Collection Wellcome Library, London (L0051607, Iconographic Collection 644261i)
Paper label glued to left side of box lists subjects of photographs and Thomson's negative numbers from 601-990B. Paper label on lid is address label to send the box from the Wellcome company office in Snow Hill, London, to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, in connection with the purchase of the photographs from John Thomson's executors.
