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Title A tower at Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.
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Physical description 1 photograph : photoprint
Lettering One... tower of (Prea ?) (Sat ?) Ling (Poron ?) temple, Nakhon Thim, Cambodia. Tower in Nakhon Thim, Cambodia
Note 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
Lettering note Bears Thomson's negative number: "455"
Summary A vast masonry tower with entrances and columns at the lower level, surmounted with four sculpted faces. Surrounded by dense foliage. A man sitting in one of the entrances. The same tower as shown in Thomson's negative number 481
Cite as Wellcome Library no. 19171i
Author, etc. Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Subject name Angkor Wat (Angkor)
Topic-LCSH Sculpture.
Genre/Technique Gelatin silver prints
Copy photo no. V 36915
System no. .b11770491
Record no. 19171i
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