Bangkok, Siam [Thailand]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1865
Reference:
19042i
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Description

View over roof-tops to Chao Phraya river. A large decorated tower in the right foreground, with an equestrian deity [?] in a niche. Similar to Thomson's negative number 393, but taken at a slightly different angle

Publication/Creation

1865.

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 x 10 in.)

Lettering

R Menam, Bangkok, Siam Bears Thomson's negative number: "395"

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 19042i

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