Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): a young man with a samurai sword. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1865
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19492i
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Description

A young man wearing ceremonial uniform seated on the verandah of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha ((Wat Phra K̄æo) in Bangkok (same location as in Thomson's negatives numbered 616-618). He is resting his right arm on a table, holding his sword hilt with his left hand. A peaked cap (képi) of military appearance is on the table, together with a spittoon, a tea pot, and Chinese silver boxes from Shanghai. The device on the cap suggests that he is a court official. For further details see Paisarn Piemmettawat, loc. cit.

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1865

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1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph

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Lettering

Siamese nobel Bears Thomson's negative number: "622"

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, p. 92

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19492i

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