Prince Chulalongkorn of Siam [Thailand]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1865
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19456i
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Prince Chulalongkorn, subsequently King Chulalongkorn (1853-1910), aged 12 years, wearing a top-knot, fine traditional Thai clothes and jewellery. Standing in a courtyard of the Grand Palace, Bangkok, between an ornamental table and an urn. For further details see Paisarn Piemmettawat, loc. cit.

Publication/Creation

1865.

Physical description

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

Lettering

The Crown Prince of Siam, 1865. Photo.d by J. Thomson Signed on the negative Bears Thomson's negative number: "604"

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. 54-55

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19456i

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