Siam (Thailand): Mount Krailas, Bangkok, during the tonsurate ceremony of Prince Chulalongkorn, day 3. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
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1865
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19048i
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Saturday 6 January 1866: day 3 of the tonsurate ceremony at which the topknot of hair worn by the sons and daughters of the King was cut. The photograph shows three important venues associated with the tonsurate ceremony: left, the artificial hill Mount Krailas (Kailas); centre, the Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall; right, obscured by a tree, the Aporn Phimok pavilion shown in Thomson's negatives numbered 606 and 607. Many people are present at the base of Mount Krailas awaiting the prince's arrival. For further details see Paisarn Piemmettawat, loc. cit.

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1865

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1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 x 10 in.)

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Artificial hill. Bangkok, Siam. Ceremony of Sokam Brahamanah Bears Thomson's negative number: "398"

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. 74-75

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19048i

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