Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): the Golden Mount. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865/1866.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1865-1866
- Reference:
- 19064i
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The Golden Mount is an artificial hill in Bangkok, bordered by a moat. It is here shown in an unfinished state. It was designed to emulate a similar eminence in the former capital Ayutthaya. In the foreground a woman sits on a raft next to two small boats tethered to it, one of them being full of varied fruits (pineapple, mango, banana, pumpkin) and the other containing long-stemmmed durian. For further details see Paisarn Piemmettawat, loc. cit.
Publication/Creation
1865-1866
Physical description
1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph
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Mount Meru Bangkok
Bears Thomson's negative number: "406"
References note
Paisarn Piemmettawat, Siam through the lens of John Thomson 1865-66, including Angkor and coastal China, Bangkok: River Books, 2015, pp. 108-109
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 19064i
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