Lantern slides created in Thailand during the late 19th or early 20th century. Image subjects include palaces, pagodas, and a saddle. These lantern slides were intended for use in architectural pedagogy.
Architectural Lantern Slides of Thailand
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
- Description:
There are four steep stairways, one on each side, leading to three terraces, with four smaller prang at the corners and pavilions at the base of the stairways. The form is held to be a representation of the five peaks of the sacred mountain, Mt Meru, centre of the universe and abode of the gods. The ashes of King Rama II are buried in the base of the Buddha statue.
A Buddhist temple (wat) in the Bangkok Yai district, on the Thonburi west bank of the Chao Phraya River. The full name of the te…
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
- Record Visibility:
- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
- Description:
A Buddhist temple (wat) in the Bangkok Yai district, on the Thonburi west bank of the Chao Phraya River. The full name of the temple is Wat Arunratchawararam Ratchaworamahawihan. Thonburi was the Thai capital for 15 years between the sack of Ayutthaya in 1767 and the establishment of the royal court at Bangkok in 1782, during which period the temple was built. Its restoration was undertaken in 1785 and included the enlargement of its most significant feature, a Khmer-style prang (tower-sanctu…
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
- Record Visibility:
- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
- Description:
A Buddhist temple (wat) in the Bangkok Yai district, on the Thonburi west bank of the Chao Phraya River. The full name of the temple is Wat Arunratchawararam Ratchaworamahawihan. Thonburi was the Thai capital for 15 years between the sack of Ayutthaya in 1767 and the establishment of the royal court at Bangkok in 1782, during which period the temple was built. Its restoration was undertaken in 1785 and included the enlargement of its most significant feature, a Khmer-style prang (tower-sanctu…
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
- Record Visibility:
- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
- Description:
A Buddhist temple (wat) in the Bangkok Yai district, on the Thonburi west bank of the Chao Phraya River. The full name of the temple is Wat Arunratchawararam Ratchaworamahawihan. Thonburi was the Thai capital for 15 years between the sack of Ayutthaya in 1767 and the establishment of the royal court at Bangkok in 1782, during which period the temple was built. Its restoration was undertaken in 1785 and included the enlargement of its most significant feature, a Khmer-style prang (tower-sanctu…
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
- Record Visibility:
- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
- Description:
The Grand Palace (Thai: Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang, lit. The Lord’s Supreme, Great, Royal Palace) is a complex of buildings in Bangkok, Thailand. It served as the official residence of the Kings of Thailand from the 18th century onwards. The main building is the Chakri Maha Prasat, a palace begun in 1867 and completed in 1882. It has a marble façade in the Italian Renaissance style and a roof of coloured tiles in the Thai style (the plan of the British architect John Chmish was changed du…
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
- Record Visibility:
- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
- Description:
A photograph of Thai porters and guides posing with an elephant saddle (a covered pavilion for two, like a howdah) near Bangkok ca. 1890-1910. Distributed before 1912 by the French company G. Massiot & Cie (actual photographer unknown).
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
- Record Visibility:
- Public
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