Cambodia: elephants outside Angkor Wat. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1865
Reference:
19222i
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Two elephants, carrying domed howdahs, standing in a clearing. Four men around. Large stone buildings of Angkor Wat are glimpsed in the background

Publication/Creation

1865.

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph

Lettering

On journey to Cambodia 1865 Bears Thomson's negative number: "480"

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. 120-121

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19222i

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