Finding Aid for Urbain Basset views of Angkor, 1896-1898 96.R.127

Beth Ann Guynn

Special Collections

2010

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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.

Arrangement

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

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.

Access

Open for use by qualified researchers.

Publication Rights

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Acquisition Information

Acquired in 1996.

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

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.

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.

Digitized Material

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

Urbain Basset views of Angkor, 1896-1898

Urbain Basset views of Angkor (digitized version)

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Arrangement

No discernible original order; arranged by cataloger.

box 1

Une vue d'Angkor avec caravane. Lt. Dubose 96.R.127-1

Scope and Contents

Title from caption written on verso.

A group of six French explorers with Cambodians and ox-cart in front of Angkor Wat.

box 1

[Cambodian Village] 96.R.127-2

Scope and Contents

In negative: 39.

box 1

[View of Temple from above] 96.R.127-3

Scope and Contents

In negative: 33.

box 1

[Corner View of Temple] 96.R.127-4

Scope and Contents

In negative: 44.

box 1

[Longitudinal Facade of Temple] 96.R.127-5

Scope and Contents

In negative: 25.

box 1

[Inner Courtyard of Temple] 96.R.127-6

Scope and Contents

In negative: 54.

box 1

[View of a Temple] 96.R.127-7

Scope and Contents

In negative: 60.

box 1

[View of a Temple] 96.R.127-8

Scope and Contents

In negative: 37.

box 1

[Longitudinal Facade of Temple] 96.R.127-9

box 1

[View of a Temple] 96.R.127-10

Scope and Contents

In negative: 61.

box 1

[View of a Temple] 96.R.127-11

Scope and Contents

In negative: 63.

box 2

[Inner Courtyard of Temple] 96.R.127-12

Scope and Contents

In negative: 31.

box 2

[Corner of Inner Courtyard with Buddha Figures] 96.R.127-13

Scope and Contents

In negative: 27.

box 2

[Cambodian Youths Flanking the Doorway of a Temple] 96.R.127-14

Scope and Contents

In negative: 18.

box 2

[Temple Side Looking towards Tower] 96.R.127-15

Scope and Contents

In negative: 24.

box 2

[View of Temple] 96.R.127-16

Scope and Contents

In negative: 26.

box 2

Temple Corner Looking up towards Tower] 96.R.127-17

box 2

[Longitudinal View of Temple] 96.R.127-18

Scope and Contents

In negative: 28.

box 2

[Temple Staircase] 96.R.127-19

Scope and Contents

Two Cambodians seated on steps.

In negative: 52.

box 2

[Detail of Bas-relief: The Churning of the Ocean of Milk] 96.R.127-20

Scope and Contents

East gallery, south wing.

In negative: 20.

box 2

[Temple Staircase] 96.R.127-21

Scope and Contents

Three Cambodians seated on steps.

In negative: 3.

box 2

[Detail of Bas-relief: The Churning of the Ocean of Milk] 96.R.127-22

Scope and Contents

East gallery, south wing.

box 3

[Interior of Colonnade] 96.R.127-23

Scope and Contents

In negative: 64. Bas-relief on wall.

box 3

[Storage Area with Buddha Figures] 96.R.127-24

Scope and Contents

In negative: 30.

box 3

[Interior Detail Showing Relief on Columns and Walls] 96.R.127-25

Scope and Contents

In negative: 49.

box 3

[Cambodian Youth Seated atop an Elephant Sculpture] 96.R.127-26

Scope and Contents

In negative: 46.

box 3

[Interior: Detail of Bas-relief on Corner Walls and Column] 96.R.127-27

Scope and Contents

In negative: 62.

box 3

[Detail of High Relief Aspara Figures] 96.R.127-28

Scope and Contents

In negative: 43.

box 3

[Detail of Relief from the Elephant Terrace] 96.R.127-29

Scope and Contents

In negative: 35.

box 3

[Detail of Interior Wall Relief] 96.R.127-30

Scope and Contents

In negative: 30.

box 3

[Interior Passageway with Buddha Sculptures] 96.R.127-31

Scope and Contents

In negative: 5.

box 3

[Buddha and Other Figures inside a Wooden Building] 96.R.127-32

box 3

[View of Tower Temple with Relief] 96.R.127-33

Scope and Contents

In negative: 56.

box 3

Lt. Dubose: Palais de Nordum, roi du Cambodge 96.R.127-34

Scope and Contents

Title from caption written on verso.