Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1865.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
19463i
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The king stands on a projecting platform before a building, with many small children looking on behind him. The prince is carried in front of the king on a litter-throne [Palanquin?] by a dozen men. The same ceremony as shown in Thomson's negatives number 605 and 606, but seen from a different angle

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

The late king of Siam receiving his son Bears Thomson's negative number: "607"

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 19463i

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