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Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1865.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date
- 1981
- Reference
- 19451i
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Description
A man wearing a French-style military uniform, with a broad sash, seated at a table, facing to the left. A French-style cap [képi] lies on the table
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
Contributors
Lettering
The late first (king of) Siam
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
Lettering note
Signed in the negative
Bears Thomson's negative number: "601"
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 19451i