Angkor Wat, Cambodia: the western Gopura. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1866
- Reference:
- 19184i
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The central gateway, showing the two towers on the north-east and north-west, the central tower behind, and the tips of the two southern towers beyond. A tall, slender pole on the left hand side, palm tree on the right. Two people in the gateway, one standing, one sitting. Similar to Thomson's negative number 451
Publication/Creation
1866.
Physical description
1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion
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West front, Nakhon Watt, Cambodia. J. Thomson.
Signed in the negative
Bears Thomson's negative number: "461"
References note
Paisarn Piemmettawat, Siam through the lens of John Thomson 1865-66, including Angkor and coastal China, Bangkok: River Books, 2015, pp. 122-123
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 19184i
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Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request Note