Angkor Wat, Cambodia: the western Gopura. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1866
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19184i
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The central gateway, showing the two towers on the north-east and north-west, the central tower behind, and the tips of the two southern towers beyond. A tall, slender pole on the left hand side, palm tree on the right. Two people in the gateway, one standing, one sitting. Similar to Thomson's negative number 451

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1866.

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1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion

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West front, Nakhon Watt, Cambodia. J. Thomson. Signed in the negative Bears Thomson's negative number: "461"

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. 122-123

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19184i

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