The Prime Minister (Kralahom) of Siam (Thailand). Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1865
Reference:
19956i
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Description

Chao Phraya Boromma Maha Sri Suriyawongse (Chuang Bunnag) (1808-1882), seated by a circular table on a carpet with a design of roses. He is wearing a tunic of military cut with gold decoration at the cuffs. "Kralahom" means Minister of Defence. For further details see Paisarn Piemmettawat, loc. cit.

Publication/Creation

1865.

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion

Contributors

Lettering

Prime Minister in 1865, the late Kralahom, Bangkok, Siam Signed Bears Thomson's negative number: "1109"

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

References note

Paisarn Piemmettawat, Siam through the lens of John Thomson 1865-66, including Angkor and coastal China, Bangkok: River Books, 2015, pp. 46-47

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19956i

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