Ayutthaya, Siam (Thailand): the elephant corral. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865/1866.

  • John Thomson
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1865-1866
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19058i
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A large square wooden monument with a pointed spirelet, surrounded by bollard-like structures, made of carved single boles of wood. It is a training-ground for elephants (Professor S. Siripant), where wild elephants were corralled in front of the King and other spectators. This was the first place where the photographer John Thomson stopped on his visit to Ayutthaya. See further Paisarn Piemmettawat, loc. cit.

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1865-1866

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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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Elephant gr(ound) Ayuthia Siam Bears Thomson's negative number: "403"

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. 110-111

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Wellcome Collection 19058i

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