Bangkok, Siam [Thailand]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
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1865
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19050i
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Description

View of the river with dense foliage in the foreground, houses and temples in the background. In the distance a house under construction. Similar to Thomson's negative number 402

Publication/Creation

1865.

Physical description

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

Lettering

Bangkok Siam 1866 13 Bears Thomson's negative number: "399"

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19050i

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