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Basset (Urbain) views of Angkor
96.R.127
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Urbain Basset views of Angkor
Creator:
Basset, Urbain, 1842-1924
Identifier/Call Number: 96.R.127
Physical Description:
34 photographic prints
Date (inclusive): 1896-1898
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 of Material: Collection material is in French.
Arranged in a single series: Series I. Urbain Basset views of Angkor, 1896-1898.
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.
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Acquired in 1996.
Urbain Basset views of Angkor, 1896-1898, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 96.R.127
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa96r127
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.
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.
The collection was digitized by the repository in 2023 and the images are available online:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/96r127
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Angkor Wat (Angkor)
Bayon (Angkor)
Buddhist temples -- Cambodia -- Angkor (Extinct city)
Angkor (Extinct city) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Cambodia -- Antiquities
Albumen prints -- Cambodia -- 19th century
Cambodia -- Description and travel -- History -- 19th century