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

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
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1865
Reference:
19494i
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Two men, centre and left, looking at a dwarf, on the right. All are wearing similar [poor] baggy trousers and are bare-chested. They are standing on rush matting in front of a dilapidated brick wall. The two taller men have their heads shaved except for the very top part

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1865

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1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph

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Siamese dwarf Bears Thomson's negative number: "623"

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 19494i

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