Taylor, Paul Michael. 2018. "Reinterpreting King Chulalongkorn's Royal Gift of Theatrical Images at Philadelphia's 1876 Centennial Exposition." Arts Of Asia, 48, (3) 114–124.
This article describes a unique grouping of seventy-one artworks, and examples of tools used for their production, collectively termed "Theatrical Images" when presented as royal gifts from King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) for display at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The US Navy prepared and printed copies of an English translation of the original (now lost) Thai list of over 900 objects for the Exposition, grouped into various categories (including that of "Theatrical Images"). This grouping has not previously been studied or considered as an apparently authentic Thai category of royal gift. Some items were photographed for the first time for this publication, and several new discoveries about these artworks are presented here.
