Cambodia: elephants outside Angkor Wat. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1865
- Reference:
- 19222i
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Two elephants, carrying domed howdahs, standing in a clearing. Four men around. Large stone buildings of Angkor Wat are glimpsed in the background
Publication/Creation
1865.
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1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph
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On journey to Cambodia 1865
Bears Thomson's negative number: "480"
References note
Paisarn Piemmettawat, Siam through the lens of John Thomson 1865-66, including Angkor and coastal China, Bangkok: River Books, 2015, pp. 120-121
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 19222i
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