Ayuthia, Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1865.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
19059i
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A large square wooden monument with pointed spirelet, surrounded by bollard-like structures, made of carved single boles of wood. A training-ground for elephants (Professor S. Siripant)

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Elephant gr(ound) Ayuthia Siam Bears Thomson's negative number: 403

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 19059i

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