Urbain Basset views of Angkor, 1896-1898

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Summary

Creators:
Basset, Urbain, 1842-1924
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.
Extent:
34 photographic prints
Language:
Collection material is in French.
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

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

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.

Arrangement:

Arranged in a single series: Series I. Urbain Basset views of Angkor, 1896-1898.

Physical location:
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Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers.

Terms of access:

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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

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