Laos. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
19939i
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A round-plan thatched hut in a clearing. A woman standing by a wicker fence on the ground, another up on a raised platform to the left. A large palm tree to the right

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Laos hut, Siam, 1866. 42 Bears Thomson's negative number: "1100"

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 19939i

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