Gsell, Emile, 1838-1879
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A French photographer born in Alsace in 1838, Emile Gsell was commissioned by Ernest Doudart de Lagrée and Francis Garnier in 1866 to photograph Angkor Wat as part of their Mekong expedition. That same year Gsell opened a photographic studio in Saigon, which he operated until his death in 1879. He received a medal at the Vienna Universal Exposition of 1873.
From the description of Louis Arbey album of French Indochina, China and Egypt. [1875-1879] (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 670110752
From the description of Portraits of Chinese women, scholars and officials. [ca. 1866-1879] (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 753996654
From the description of Photographs of Southeast Asia. [1866-1879] (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 758394502
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Subjects:
- Architecture
- Architecture, Colonial
- Buddhist temples
- Cathedrals
- Chinese
- Clothing and dress
- Hakka (Chinese people)
- Indigenous peoples
- Occupations
- Scholars
- Streets
- Women
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Places:
- Southeast Asia (as recorded)
- Egypt (as recorded)
- Vietnam (as recorded)
- France (as recorded)
- Cambodia (as recorded)
- Yunnan Sheng (China) (as recorded)
- Chợ Lớn (Vietnam) (as recorded)
- Indochina (as recorded)
- China (as recorded)
- Asia (as recorded)
- Indochina (as recorded)
- Thailand (as recorded)
- France (as recorded)
- Cambodia (as recorded)
- Ca River (Laos and Vietnam) (as recorded)
- China (as recorded)
- Vietnam (as recorded)
- Angkor (Extinct city) (as recorded)
