Lot 35
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Portraits of the Cambodian Royal family, the King of Siam and a study titled 'Almond Pedlar', circa 1870s
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Portraits of the Cambodian Royal family, the King of Siam and a study titled 'Almond Pedlar', circa 1870s

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Portraits of the Cambodian Royal family, the King of Siam and a study titled 'Almond Pedlar', circa 1870s
Pun-ky and Francis Chit; five albumen print cartes-de-visite, each inscribed in pencil and with photographer's printed credit, Pun-Ky photographer (4), Francis Chit. Bankok (1) on verso. (5)
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Lot Essay

Including individual portraits of the King and Queen of Cambodia and their son, an interesting portrait of the King of Siam which can be compared with a daguerreotype of him by an anonymous photographer presented to Queen Victoria as a state gift. See Buckland, First Photographs, p. 21 (illus.)

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