King Mongkut of Siam [Thailand] arriving at the Temple of the Reclining Buddha (Wat Pho) for the ceremony of the Lenten Robes. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1865
- Reference:
- 19458i
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The ceremony (Kathin Luang) at which the king donates new robes to the monks at the Wat Phra Chetuphon (Temple of the Reclining Buddha, Wat Pho) in Bangkok. The ceremony photographed took place on Friday 13 October 1865. King Mongkut (King Rama IV) is carried shoulder high in a ceremonial chair (palanquin) past genuflecting crowds outside the temple. Some of those attending are looking round at Thomson. The same ceremony is shown in Thomson's negatives numbered 606 and 607. For further details see Paisarn Piemmettawat, loc. cit.
Publication/Creation
1865.
Physical description
1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 x 10 in.)
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Crown prince coming-of-age ceremony, Siam, 1865
Bears Thomson's negative number: "605"
References note
Paisarn Piemmettawat, Siam through the lens of John Thomson 1865-66, including Angkor and coastal China, Bangkok: River Books, 2015, pp. 64-65
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 19458i
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