Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
19185i
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About this work

Description

Three-towered gateway. A tall, slender pole on the left hand side, palm tree on the right. Two people in the gateway, one standing, one sitting. Central western gateway. Similar to Thomson's negative number 451

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

West front, Nakhon Watt, Cambodia Signed in the negative Bears Thomson's negative number: "461"

Notes

This is one of a collection of same-size contact prints made, in 1981, from John Thomson's original negatives. The glass negatives, made between 1868 and 1872, were purchased from Thomson by Sir Henry Wellcome in 1921 and are now in the Wellcome Institute Library

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19185i

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