Siam [Thailand]: monks and their assistants. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1865
- Reference:
- 19490i
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Description
Two different scenes on one negative. On the left half, a young monk is seated on a chair in the centre, while other boys are seated on ground either side. On the right half a senior monk stands in the centre, with boys seated, kneeling, and standing on the ground around him. Four of them look after the monk's paraphernalia: a rush mat, a fan, a casket and a teapot. For further details see Paisarn Piemmettawat, loc. cit.
Publication/Creation
1865
Physical description
1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph
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Lettering
Siamese Buddhist bonze and pupils
Bears Thomson's negative number: "621"
References note
Paisarn Piemmettawat, Siam through the lens of John Thomson 1865-66, including Angkor and coastal China, Bangkok: River Books, 2015, p. 69
Notes
This is one of a collection of original glass negatives made by John Thomson. The negatives, made between 1868 and 1872, were purchased from Thomson by Sir Henry Wellcome in 1921
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19490i
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