Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1866
Reference:
19208i
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Description

A bas-relief sculpture of an elephant [the first of a procession?] in a hunting-scene. The same sculpture as in Thomson's negative number 463, but a slightly more distant and better lit view

Publication/Creation

1866.

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion

Lettering

Elephant hunting (?) sculptured , Nakhon Thom, Cambodia Bears Thomson's negative number: "473"

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 19208i

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