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
