A tower at Nakhon Thom [Angkor Thom], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1866
Reference:
19170i
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Description

A vast masonry tower with entrances and columns at the lower level, surmounted with four sculpted faces. Surrounded by dense foliage. A man sitting in one of the entrances. The same tower as shown in Thomson's negative number 481

Publication/Creation

1866.

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 25.5 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in.)

Lettering

One... tower of (Prea ?) (Sat ?) Ling (Poron ?) temple, Nakhon Thim, Cambodia. Tower in Nakhon Thim, Cambodia Bears Thomson's negative number: "455"

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. 126-127

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19170i

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