[Khon performers]

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[Khon performers]

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John Thomson

British Photographer · 1837–1921

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A chemistry student from Edinburgh University, John Thomson moved to the Far East in 1863, traveling and photographing throughout the 1860s in Cambodia, Ceylon, China, India, Indochina, Malaysia, and Singapore. He relocated to London in 1872, publishing the Asian images in numerous volumes. In 1876 he began making the pictures that would illustrate Adolph Smith's *Street Life in London,* an exposé

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Date
1850s–1890s
Medium
Albumen silver print
Culture
Scottish
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
fe592ae2-855f-4e1f-af6c-cc2fd9ca25c3

Studio portrait of two performers posing and dressed as characters from khon, or traditional Thai pantomime. One of the performers holds a narrow staff in one hand and wears a mask.

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