Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1865.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19493i
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A young man wearing ceremonial uniform seated in a decorative interior, the same as in Thomson's negatives number 616-618. He is resting his right arm on a table, holding his sword hilt with his left hand. A peaked cap [képi] of military appearance is on the table, together with tea-making [?] equipment
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph
Contributors
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Siamese Nobel
Bears Thomson's negative number: "622"
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 19493i
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