Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1866
Reference:
19202i
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Description

Four female figures [? dancing girls/apsaras] sculpted on a wall. They all have elaborate hair styles and hold [? flowers]

Publication/Creation

1866.

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion

Lettering

Sculptured on an inner wall, Nakhon Watt Bears Thomson's negative number: "470"

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. 124-125

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19202i

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