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Views of Cambodian monuments
2002.R.29  
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  • Arrangement
  • Biographical/Historical Note
  • Access
  • Acquisition Information
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing History
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Publication Rights

  • Contributing Institution: Special Collections
    Title: Views of Cambodian monuments
    Creator: Gsell, Émile, 1838-1879
    Creator: Adelphoi Zangaki (Firm)
    Identifier/Call Number: 2002.R.29
    Physical Description: 1 album(s)(33 photographic prints)
    Date (inclusive): circa 1894
    Abstract: A photograph album of views of Cambodian temples, Phnom Penh, Hué, Canton, and Egypt.
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    Language of Material: Collection material is in French.

    Arrangement

    In original order. Arranged in a single series: Series I. Views of Cambodian monuments.

    Biographical/Historical Note

    Album compiled by an unknown French maker around 1894.

    Access

    Open for use by qualified researchers.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired in 2002.

    Preferred Citation

    Views of Cambodian monuments, circa 1894, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 2002.R.29
    http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2002r29

    Processing History

    Processed and cataloged by Beth Guynn; finding aid encoded by Holly Larson with grant funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The finding aid was revised by Guynn in 2021.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The album of 33 photographs (mostly albumen prints) contains 20 views of the Cambodian temple complexes of Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom and the Bayon temple. Members of an European expedition and local inhabitants are present in several photographs. The album also contains views of Phnom Penh, Huế, and Canton (Guangzhou), including one image of the inauguration of the Silver Pagoda in Phnom Penh (1894). Also included are two views of Egypt (sphinx, pyramids).
    One photograph is signed in the negative: E. Gsell; two are signed in the negative: Zangaki.
    The album has red cloth covers, and is lacking its spine.
    Annotations are transcribed as they appear on the mounts or in negatives and are used as titles. A second, modern set of annotations is initialed G. L.

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    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Bayon (Angkor)
    Angkor Wat (Angkor)
    Cambodia -- Antiquities
    Pagodas -- Cambodia
    Albumen prints -- Cambodia -- 19th century
    Cambodia -- Description and travel
    Buddhist temples -- Angkor (Extinct city)