Photograph·19772i

A bullock cart

Two men with a wooden bullock cart and yoked oxen on open ground, with buildings and camels behind
Photograph: John Thomson, 1878. Wellcome Collection, London, 19772i. Public domain (Public Domain Mark).

Positive from the glass negative

Description

A wooden cart with a large spoked wheel stands in the centre, with a man standing on its frame and a second man beside the yoked oxen at the front. Two oxen stand close to the camera, with another behind them. On the left, a low building with a tower-like shape and a few animals stand near the buildings. Camels and heaps of stone lie at the right and in the distance.

Other images (2)

  • A bullock cart, 1981 contact print1981 contact print
  • A bullock cart, The glass negativeThe glass negative

English

A cart drawn by oxen, with one man standing on it and another beside the team, and buildings and camels in the distance. Wellcome notes that the number on the plate is written 765 in error for 756.

Written on the negative

Cyprian bullock cart. Not to be reversed