Bangkok, Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19037i
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View of Chao Phraya river from a height. The courtyard of a temple in the foreground, river behind. Two moored boats in mid-stream. Similar to Thomson's negative number 394, but the weather is overcast
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1981
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1 photograph : photoprint
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R Menam, Bangkok, Siam, 1866
Bears Thomson's negative number: "392"
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 19037i
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