Mom Rachothai (Mom Rajawongse Kratai Issarangkul), interpreter to the court of Siam (Thailand). Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
- John Thomson
- Date:
- 1866
- Reference:
- 19960i
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M. R. Kratai (1820-1867), interpreter on the Thai ambassadorial mission to London in 1857, and author. He sits cross-legged on a chair of European design. Photographed outside, against a plain background, with drapes behind him to the left of the picture. For further details see Paisarn Piemmettawat, loc. cit.
Publication/Creation
1866.
Physical description
1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 25.5 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in.)
Contributors
Lettering
Siamese noble, 1866, Mum Rachaday 19 1866. J. Thomson pho.r
Signed on the negative
Bears Thomson's negative number: "1111"
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. 50-51
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19960i
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