IDNO

N.12752.EVN

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate image LS.17103.EVN: "135.41. Siam.
Bangkok. Palace temples: "Wat Phra Keo" -
(7 slides [135.40-46])."

Partial view of the temple of the Emerald Buddha, or the Wat Phra Kaeo showing the ornately decorated pillars, decorative umbrellas, seated Buddhas and elephants. [SG 23/9/2007]

Place

SE Asia; Thailand; Bangkok

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Evans, Ivor Hugh Norman

Collector / Expedition

Evans, Ivor Hugh Norman

Date

1920 - 1935

Collection Name

Evans Collection

Source

Evans, Ivor Hugh Norman

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

The negative was found in the wallet now numbered C252/5/ which was found inside the wooden box now marked as C252/.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Sudeshna Guha 24/9/2007]

Bibliographical reference: In his autobiography Evans had noted that he visited the beautiful royal temples only once, and had been escorted in a party by a Siamese official, who did not give the party any opportunity of lingering; “even if I stopped to take a photograph, as I did several times, I had to scurry to catch the convoy” (The Years Behind Me, p. 481). [SG 23/9/2007]