Siam (Thailand): the tonsurate ceremony of Prince Chulalongkorn, day 2. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1865
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19460i
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Friday 5 January 1866: day 2 of the tonsurate ceremony at which the topknot of hair worn by the sons and daughters of the King was cut. King Mongkut stands on a projecting platform before the pavilion Aporn Phimok Prasat. Prince Chulalongkorn is carried in front of the king on the Puttarn Thong palanquin by a dozen men wearing red shirts. His half-brothers and -sisters look on from a balcony behind the king. Highlights appear to be scratched in on this negative. The same event as in Thomson's negatives number 605 and 607

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1865

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 25.5 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in.)

Lettering

Reception of heir to the throne of Siam by the late 1st king. Ceremony. J. Thomson photo.r Signed on the negative Bears Thomson's negative number: "606"

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. 72-73

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19460i

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