Pechaburi, Siam [Thailand]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1865
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19044i
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Pechaburi plain, viewed from a hill. At the lower left a Buddhist temple. This photograph was taken from an angle of Khao Bandai-it Mountain, which is 2 km from the centre of Petchaburi

Publication/Creation

1865

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 x 10 in.)

Lettering

Petchbrorn by ... tu Bears Thomson's negative number: "396"

References note

John Thomson, The Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1875, p. 113

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 19044i

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