(THAILAND) amatayakul mot attributed to The Royal Pavillion

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(THAILAND) amatayakul, mot, attributed to
The Royal Pavillion for the cremation of King Mongkut. Albumen print, 7 1/4x9 inches (18.4x22.9 cm.), with a handwritten date and caption, in German, which translates as "Beginning of the funeral service of the late second king," on mount recto. 1868

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An early and scarce study of Royal life by Thailand's first photographer of the mausoleum housing King Mongkut's (Rama IV) body. An amateur astronomer and photographer, the monarch correctly calculated the time and place of a total eclipse of the sun, which occurred on August 18, 1868, pinpointing the remote, mosquito infested village where it could be seen. The King caught malaria there and died on October 18, 1868.