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

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
19159i
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Description

A well-trodden pathway over large stone flags to a monumental entrance with three conical stepped towers. A tall slender pole on the left hand side, trees to the right. A man standing in the entrance. Similar to Thomson's negative number 461

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

West gateway, Nakhon Watt, Cambodia Bears Thomson's negative number: "451"

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 19159i

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