1997/8
Hidden Worlds, John Thomson in China
an
exhibition curated by Richard Ovenden assisted by
Michael Gray. The most comprehensive and extensive
exhibition devoted to date of the life and work of
John Thomson. Showing a large number of original
photographs and publications from the archives of the
National Library of Scotland, the National Museum of
Photography film and Television, the Science Museum,
Bradford and several private sources. The exhibition
also includes a number of images exhibited for the
first time. The National Library commissioned Barbara
and Michael Gray to reprint 72 of John Thomson’s
original wet collodion negatives from the Wellcome
Institute for the History of Medicine’s
Iconographic Collection. The prints were made on
albumen paper and toned with a combination of gold,
platinum and palladium salts.
Shown at the National
Library of Scotland, Edinburgh and at the Fox Talbot
Museum, Lacock
