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032-003299022 Name Thomson, John

1. Photo 983

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 983
Title:
The antiquities of Cambodia. A series of photographs taken on the spot with letterpress description. Photographer(s): Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Edmonston & Douglas, Edinburgh, 1867. Half-morocco bound oblong folio volume measuring 375 x 280 mm, with marbled endpapers and bookplate of John Murray. A bookseller's catalogue description is pasted to the verso of the front free endpaper. Acquired by the India Office Library 19...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
40 items

2. Photo 983(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 983(14)
Title:
*Bas relief, Nakhon Wat [Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Detail of bas-relief. *Extra print, not included in original published version. [Albumen print, signed 'J. Thomson' in the negative, 234x184mm]. Subjects = Khmer architecture; Khmer sculpture; printed books; sculpture; temples; Thomson, J., 'The antiquities ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 983(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 983(5)
Title:
VII. An Inner Gallery [Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking eastwards along the arcade, with a stairway beyond the doorway leading up into the central area of the temple. 'Ascending through the great western gateway towards the centre of the temple, we enter a cruciform gallery, conducting to four courts, o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 983(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 983(39)
Title:
*Huts at Nakhon Wat [Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards thatched houses built in the temple grounds, with Cambodian figures posed in foreground. *Extra print, not included in original published version. [Albumen print, 93x82mm]. Subjects = Khmer architecture; printed books; Thomson, J., 'The ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 983(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 983(6)
Title:
VIII. Part of a Reservoir [Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across one of the tanks in each quadrant of the cross-shapped galleries, with the tiered galleries linking the lower terrace to the second beyond. A Cambodian man stands at the left to indicate scale. 'A flight of steps conducts to each reservoir. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 983(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 983(7)
Title:
*Ancient statues in Nakhon Wat [Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Group of sculptures, gathered together from various locations. *Extra print, not included in original published version. [Albumen print, 237x184mm]. Subjects = Khmer architecture; Khmer sculpture; printed books; temples; Thomson, J., 'The antiquities of Camb...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 983(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 983(29)
Title:
*Part of Nakhon Wat [Angkor Wat] Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the western entrance looking along the length of the causeway towards the temple. *Extra print, not included in original published version. [Albumen print, 91x97mm]. Subjects = Khmer architecture; printed books; temples; Thomson, J., 'The antiquiti...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 983(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 983(31)
Title:
*West Gate, Nakhon Wat [Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of doorway, showing carved decoration on surrounds, with main temple visible in distance through opening. *Extra print, not included in original published version. [Albumen print, 91x97mm]. Subjects = architectural elements; gateways; Khmer architecture...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 983(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 983(37)
Title:
*Statues in Nakhon Wat [Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography *Extra print, not included in original published version. [Albumen print, 86x98mm]. Subjects = Khmer sculpture; printed books; sculpture; Thomson, J., 'The antiquities of Cambodia' (1867)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 983(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 983(26)
Title:
*Small pavilion, Nakhon Wat [southern library building, Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking south-east towards one of the two library buildings which flank the causeway running from the western entrance to the main temple complex. This is the one on the south side. *Extra print, not included in original published work. [Albumen print, s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

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