Bangkok, Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19957i
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A man seated by a circular table on a carpet with a design of roses. He is wearing a tunic of military cut with gold decoration at the cuffs. "Kralahom" means Minister of Defence
Publication/Creation
1981
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1 photograph : photoprint
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Lettering
Prime Minister in 1865, the late Kralahom, Bangkok, Siam
Signed on negative
Bears Thomson's negative number: "1109"
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 19957i
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