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Container Reference (shelfmark) Photo 983 Level [40] File

1. Photo 983(1)

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Photo 983(1)
Title:
I-III. Western Front of Nakhon Wat. [Panoramic view of Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Panoramic view composed of three joined prints looking towards Angkor Wat from the second causeway at the western entrance. With the three central towers in the middle of the view. 'The outer boundary wall encloses nearly a square space space measuring about t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 983(2)

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Photo 983(2)
Title:
IV. Gateway in Centre of Western Gallery [Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of porch and doorway. 'This photograph gives a closer view of the gateway seen in the preceding picture. It may be taken as an example of the proportion and general appearance of all the entrances to the temple - the projecting columns supporting a richly ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 983(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 983(3)
Title:
V. Part of Western Gallery [Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the outer colonnade on the western side towards the central entrance. 'This view shews a portion of the western gallery as it rises from the richly sculptured socle or platform. The great western entrance occupies the centre of the picture, a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 983(4)

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Photo 983(4)
Title:
VI. Interior of Western Gallery [Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the length of the pillared arcade, with a Cambodian figure seated half-way along the colonnade to indicate scale. This is the interior of the western gallery seen in print 3. 'From this photograph, taken in connection with the exterior repres...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 983(5)

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Photo 983(5)
Title:
VII. An Inner Gallery [Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking eastwards along the arcade, with a stairway beyond the doorway leading up into the central area of the temple. 'Ascending through the great western gateway towards the centre of the temple, we enter a cruciform gallery, conducting to four courts, o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 983(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 983(6)
Title:
VIII. Part of a Reservoir [Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across one of the tanks in each quadrant of the cross-shapped galleries, with the tiered galleries linking the lower terrace to the second beyond. A Cambodian man stands at the left to indicate scale. 'A flight of steps conducts to each reservoir. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 983(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 983(7)
Title:
*Ancient statues in Nakhon Wat [Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Group of sculptures, gathered together from various locations. *Extra print, not included in original published version. [Albumen print, 237x184mm]. Subjects = Khmer architecture; Khmer sculpture; printed books; temples; Thomson, J., 'The antiquities of Camb...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 983(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 983(8)
Title:
*'Tewadah' of Nakhon Wat [apsaras, Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Group of female dancing figures carved in relief, four of the many thousand apsaras which occur throughout the temple. *Extra print, not included in original published version. [Albumen print, signed 'J. Thomson' in the negative, 230x184mm]. Subjects = apsar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 983(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 983(9)
Title:
IX. Interior Ornaments of the Temple [Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of carved base of a pilaster, adorned with two female divinities or nymphs (apsaras), each wearing ornate three-pointed floral head-dresses or crowns. 'This subject represents the ornamented pilasters which adorn each side of the inner gateway of the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 983(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 983(10)
Title:
X to XII. Westward view from the Central Tower [Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Panoramic view composed of three joined prints. 'This set of photographs is taken from the great central tower of Nakhon Wat, looking direct west, and represents the stone roofs of the upper galleries of the temple. In the centre of the whole, the main entrance...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

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