Finding Aid for Urbain Basset views of Angkor, 1896-1898
Beth Ann Guynn
Descriptive Summary
Title: Urbain Basset views of Angkor
Date (inclusive): 1896-1898
Number: 96.R.127
Creator/Collector:
Basset, Urbain, 1842-1924
Physical Description:
34 photographic prints
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
Business Number: (310) 440-7390
Fax Number: (310) 440-7780
reference@getty.edu
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: A collection of photographic prints
documenting the temple complexes of Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom, including the Bayon temple,
as they appeared in the mid-1890s.
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Language: Collection material is in
French.
Biographical/Historical Note
French sculptor and amateur photographer, Urbain Basset (1842 Grenoble, France-1924 La
Tronche, France), was sent to Cambodia by the French government to make casts of the relief
sculptures at Angkor.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Urbain Basset views of Angkor, 1896-1898, Getty Research Institute, Research Library,
Accession no. 96.R.127
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa96r127
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1996.
Processing Information
Processed and cataloged by Beth Ann Guynn; finding aid encoded by Holly Larson with grant
funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). Guynn updated the
finding aid in 2021.
Digitized Material
The collection was digitized by the repository in 2023 and the images are available
online:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/96r127
Scope and Content of Collection
The 34 albumen photographs by Urbain Bassett document the temple complexes of Angkor Wat
and Angkor Thom, including the Bayon temple, as they appeared in the mid-1890s. Included are
exterior and interior views of the temples, and details of the relief sculpture and
decorations. Four photographs show freestanding sculpture in situ or in storage areas. There
is one photograph of a Lieutenant Dubose posed with the members of the French documentary
expedition in front of the entrance to Angkor Wat. Another image shows thatched huts lining
the entrance to Angkor. Also included is a image of a group of monks seated in a hallway of
the palace of Norodum, king of Cambodia.
Titles are devised by the cataloger except where noted.
Arrangement
Arranged in a single series: . Series I. Urbain Basset views of Angkor, 1896-1898
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Topics
Buddhist temples -- Cambodia -- Angkor (Extinct city)
Subjects - Places
Angkor Wat (Angkor)
Bayon (Angkor)
Angkor (Extinct city) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Cambodia -- Antiquities
Cambodia -- Description and travel -- History -- 19th
century
Genres and Forms of Material
Albumen prints -- Cambodia -- 19th century
Contributors
Basset, Urbain, 1842-1924
Urbain Basset views of Angkor,
1896-1898
Arrangement
No discernible original order; arranged by cataloger.
box 1
96.R.127-1
Une vue d'Angkor avec caravane. Lt. Dubose
Scope and Content Note
Title from caption written on verso.
A group of six French explorers with Cambodians and ox-cart in front of Angkor
Wat.
box 1
96.R.127-2
[Cambodian Village]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 39.
box 1
96.R.127-3
[View of Temple from above]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 33.
box 1
96.R.127-4
[Corner View of Temple]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 44.
box 1
96.R.127-5
[Longitudinal Facade of Temple]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 25.
box 1
96.R.127-6
[Inner Courtyard of Temple]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 54.
box 1
96.R.127-7
[View of a Temple]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 60.
box 1
96.R.127-8
[View of a Temple]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 37.
box 1
96.R.127-9
[Longitudinal Facade of Temple]
box 1
96.R.127-10
[View of a Temple]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 61.
box 1
96.R.127-11
[View of a Temple]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 63.
box 2
96.R.127-12
[Inner Courtyard of Temple]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 31.
box 2
96.R.127-13
[Corner of Inner Courtyard with Buddha Figures]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 27.
box 2
96.R.127-14
[Cambodian Youths Flanking the Doorway of a Temple]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 18.
box 2
96.R.127-15
[Temple Side Looking towards Tower]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 24.
box 2
96.R.127-16
[View of Temple]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 26.
box 2
96.R.127-17
Temple Corner Looking up towards Tower]
box 2
96.R.127-18
[Longitudinal View of Temple]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 28.
box 2
96.R.127-19
[Temple Staircase]
Scope and Content Note
Two Cambodians seated on steps.
In negative: 52.
box 2
96.R.127-20
[Detail of Bas-relief: The Churning of the Ocean of Milk]
Scope and Content Note
East gallery, south wing.
In negative: 20.
box 2
96.R.127-21
[Temple Staircase]
Scope and Content Note
Three Cambodians seated on steps.
In negative: 3.
box 2
96.R.127-22
[Detail of Bas-relief: The Churning of the Ocean of Milk]
Scope and Content Note
East gallery, south wing.
box 3
96.R.127-23
[Interior of Colonnade]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 64. Bas-relief on wall.
box 3
96.R.127-24
[Storage Area with Buddha Figures]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 30.
box 3
96.R.127-25
[Interior Detail Showing Relief on Columns and Walls]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 49.
box 3
96.R.127-26
[Cambodian Youth Seated atop an Elephant Sculpture]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 46.
box 3
96.R.127-27
[Interior: Detail of Bas-relief on Corner Walls and Column]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 62.
box 3
96.R.127-28
[Detail of High Relief Aspara Figures]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 43.
box 3
96.R.127-29
[Detail of Relief from the Elephant Terrace]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 35.
box 3
96.R.127-30
[Detail of Interior Wall Relief]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 30.
box 3
96.R.127-31
[Interior Passageway with Buddha Sculptures]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 5.
box 3
96.R.127-32
[Buddha and Other Figures inside a Wooden Building]
box 3
96.R.127-33
[View of Tower Temple with Relief]
Scope and Content Note
In negative: 56.
box 3
96.R.127-34
Lt. Dubose: Palais de Nordum, roi du Cambodge
Scope and Content Note
Title from caption written on verso.
