Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): a young man with a samurai sword. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1865
- Reference:
- 19492i
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Description
A young man wearing ceremonial uniform seated on the verandah of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha ((Wat Phra K̄æo) in Bangkok (same location as in Thomson's negatives numbered 616-618). He is resting his right arm on a table, holding his sword hilt with his left hand. A peaked cap (képi) of military appearance is on the table, together with a spittoon, a tea pot, and Chinese silver boxes from Shanghai. The device on the cap suggests that he is a court official. For further details see Paisarn Piemmettawat, loc. cit.
Publication/Creation
1865
Physical description
1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph
Contributors
Lettering
Siamese nobel
Bears Thomson's negative number: "622"
References note
Paisarn Piemmettawat, Siam through the lens of John Thomson 1865-66, including Angkor and coastal China, Bangkok: River Books, 2015, p. 92
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 19492i
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Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request Note