Siam (Thailand): the tonsurate ceremony of Prince Chulalongkorn, day 1. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1865
- Reference:
- 19462i
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Early morning, Thursday 4 January 1866: day 1 of the tonsurate ceremony at which the topknot of hair worn by the sons and daughters of the King was cut. King Mongkut stands on a projecting platform before the pavilion Aporn Phimok Prasat. Prince Chulalongkorn is carried in front of the king on a palanquin by a dozen men men wearing white shirts. His half-brothers and -sisters look on from a balcony behind the king. The same ceremony is shown in Thomson's negatives numbered 605 and 606, but seen from a different angle
Publication/Creation
1865
Physical description
1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 25.5 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in.)
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The late king of Siam receiving his son. J. Thomson photo.r
Bears Thomson's negative number: "607"
Signed on the negative
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
References note
Paisarn Piemmettawat, Siam through the lens of John Thomson 1865-66, including Angkor and coastal China, Bangkok: River Books, 2015, pp. 70-71
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19462i
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Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request Note