Ayutthaya, Siam (Thailand): the temple Wat Sena Sanaram. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865/1866.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1865
- Reference:
- 19932i
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The temple formerly known as Wat Seua, which fell into decay after 1767 and was restored by King Mongkut around 1863. The photograph shows the complex of buildings while restoration was still in progress. Thomson took the photograph from high up on Pisai-Sanlak Tower, a four storey building 22 cm high. Old stupas in the distance. See further Paisarn Piemmettawat, loc. cit.
Publication/Creation
1865.
Physical description
1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion
Contributors
Lettering
Ancient capital of Siam 1865. Ayuthia Siam 1865
Bears Thomson's negative number: "1097"
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. 114-115
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19932i
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