Title
Group of seven photographs by and attributed to John Thomson
Year/Period
1860s
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 22.3 x 28.7 cm,
Image size: 19.7 x 23.9 cm
Image size: 19.7 x 23.9 cm
Accession No.
2018-00704-001
Collection of
Dayaks, BorneoThis is a posed portrait of a group of Dayaks from Borneo. It was taken by John Thomson, the Scottish photographer who set up a studio in Singapore between 1863 and 1865. He possibly visited Borneo in 1864.
