Chao Phraya river, Bangkok, Siam (Thailand). Photograph by John Thomson, 1865/1866.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1866
- Reference:
- 19036i
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View of Chao Phraya river from high up on Wat Arun. On the near bank are three Chinese pavilions, with (left) the roof of Ubosot Noi and (right) Vihara Noi, the Supreme Patriarch's residence, where King Mongkut resided when he was a monk. On the far bank, the building under construction in the centre is the Prince Theatre. Two moored boats in mid-stream. For further details see Paisarn Piemmettawat, loc. cit. Similar to Thomson's negative number 394, but the weather is overcast
Publication/Creation
1866.
Physical description
1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 x 10 in.)
Contributors
Lettering
R Menam, Bangkok, Siam, 1866
Bears Thomson's negative number: "392"
References note
Paisarn Piemmettawat, Siam through the lens of John Thomson 1865-66, including Angkor and coastal China, Bangkok: River Books, 2015, pp. 98-99, 102-103
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
The middle photograph of three photographs forming a panorama of Bangkok: the left photograph is Wellcome Library no. 19035i, and the right photograph is Wellcome Library no. 19038i
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19036i
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