The wife of the Prime Minister (Kralahom) of Siam (Thailand). Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
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1866
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19958i
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A wife of Chao Phraya Boromma Maha Sri Suriyawongse (Chuang Bunnag) (1808-1882); one of his three wives, either Lady Pun or Lady Yad. Wearing very close-cropped hair, she is seated in an armchair of Euopean design on a carpet with a design of roses. Taken outside, a stone balustrade to the right and a window behind

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1866.

Physical description

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

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Siamese lady of title, wife of Prime Minister, 1866 18 J. Thomson pho.r Signed on the negative Bears Thomson's negative number: "1110"

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. 48-49

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19958i

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