Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1865.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19471i
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An elephant kneeling down, with a man [mahout] kneeling on its back, holding a long stick. A boy by the head of the elephant, several onlookers to the right hand side. The whole scene is within a walled enclosure [at the Grand Palace?]
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
Contributors
Lettering
War elephant of Siam, 1866
Signed on negative
Bears Thomson's negative number: "610"
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 19471i
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