Portraits of Vietnamese officials. [ca. 1866-1879]

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Portraits of Vietnamese officials. [ca. 1866-1879]

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The collection consists of two portraits of Vietnamese officials. The portrait of Nguyễn Hữu Dô, the high-ranking Vietnamese court official who was instrumental in the French conquest of Vietnam in the 1880s, was taken by Emile Gsell. The maker of the portrait of an older, unidentified official is unknown. Both men are seated, attired in court robes, and hold jade tablets, symbols of their roles as representatives of the Vietnamese emperor.

2 photographic prints : albumen ; 24 x 16.4 cm. or smaller.

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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). WorldCa...

Nguyễn, Hữu Dô

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