Mongkut And East Asian Costumes

Black and white vintage prints, in three columns: captioned "King of Siam" (left) depicting Thai King Mongkut, in three-quarter, frontal view, wearing a Scottish Glengarry bonnet or cap; "Armor" (middle) in which a man wears a complete suit of Japanese armor, with a helmet decorated with antlers and a long mustache; and a Thai "Actress" (right), wearing a heavily decorated and gilded costume, long fingernail protectors, and an elaborate faux crown, published in John George Wood's volume "The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world, being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics", 1877. Courtesy Internet Archive. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
Black and white vintage prints, in three columns: captioned "King of Siam" (left) depicting Thai King Mongkut, in three-quarter, frontal view, wearing a Scottish Glengarry bonnet or cap; "Armor" (middle) in which a man wears a complete suit of Japanese armor, with a helmet decorated with antlers and a long mustache; and a Thai "Actress" (right), wearing a heavily decorated and gilded costume, long fingernail protectors, and an elaborate faux crown, published in John George Wood's volume "The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world, being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics", 1877. Courtesy Internet Archive. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
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Smith Collection/Gado / Contributor
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01 January, 1877
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