A Thai monk holding a fan. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1865
Reference:
19486i
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Description

A young man with shaven head, seated to left. He wears a chiworn (outer garment) around which is a lighter coloured sanghati (sash) and belt. In his right hand he holds a fan as a sign that he had passed certain Buddhist exams equivalent to obtaining a degree

Publication/Creation

1865

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph

Lettering

Siamese Buddhist bonze Bears Thomson's negative number: "619"

References note

Paisarn Piemmettawat, Siam through the lens of John Thomson 1865-66, including Angkor and coastal China, Bangkok: River Books, 2015, p. 68

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19486i

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