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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Description

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

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

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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