Bangkok, Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
19037i
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View of Chao Phraya river from a height. The courtyard of a temple in the foreground, river behind. Two moored boats in mid-stream. Similar to Thomson's negative number 394, but the weather is overcast

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

R Menam, Bangkok, Siam, 1866 Bears Thomson's negative number: "392"

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 19037i

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