Crown Prince of Siam, Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
19949i
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Description

An adolescent, seated with a képi on his knee, in the courtyard of a large building. Two younger children standing beside him, a servant or guard, wearing a sword, to the left. All around are crouching servants [?]

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Crown Prince of Siam in front of Palace, Bangkok Signed in the negative Bears Thomson's negative number: "1105"

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 19949i

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