Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1865.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
19459i
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A young man being carried shoulder high in a ceremonial chair [Palanquin?] past genuflecting crowds outside the Grand Palace. some of the crows are looking round at Thomson. The same ceremony as shown in Thomson's negatives number 606 and 607

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Crown prince coming-of-age ceremony, Siam, 1865 Bears Thomson's negative number: "605"

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 19459i

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