Photograph of the King of Siam, 1883 : whose government gave permission for the first Sacred White Elephant to leave the country in 1883, and was poisoned by two priests' attendants. The second Sacred Elephant left by government permission in 1884.

Format
Visual material
Language
No linguistic content
Published/​Created
1883.
Description
1 photograph ; albumen print 20.7 x 26.4 cm on board 32.5 x 60 cm

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Getty AAT genre
Notes
  • Unidentified Artist [photographer]
  • Depiction: King of Siam wearing traditional attire, seated on a sedan chair in a procession.
  • Title from inscription on verso by J.T. McCaddon, brother-in-law of James A. Bailey.
  • Unsigned.
OCLC
1340430852
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