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Photo 983(3)
- Record Id:
- 040-003299025
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003299022
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x000734
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 983(3)
- Title:
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V. Part of Western Gallery [Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John
- Scope & Content:
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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, and is shewn in profile. Two of the stone lions, common to many of the entrances of the temple, may be seen facing one of the minor gateways of this gallery. The outer galleries are removed back from the extreme edge of the socle, leaving the margin (seen on the right of the photograph) nearly broad enough for a carriage drive, and paved with huge blocks of freestone. Rising above this, to the base of the outer pillars, are a series of beads richly ornamented with roses and arabesques. The ornament above the double bead of the architrave consists of countless representations of a seven-headed snake...'
('Description of the Photographs', p. 29).
[Albumen print, 187x230mm].
Subjects = Khmer architecture; printed books; temples; Thomson, J., 'The antiquities of Cambodia' (1867)
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003299022
040-003299025 - Is part of:
- Photo 983 : The antiquities of Cambodia. A series of photographs taken on the spot with letterpress description. Photographer(s): Thomson, John
Photo 983(3) : V. Part of Western Gallery [Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John - Hierarchy:
- 032-003299022[0003]/040-003299025
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 983
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1866
- End Date:
- 1866
- Date Range:
- 1866
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Thomson, John
- Subjects:
- Angkor Wat (Cambodia)
- Places:
- Angkor, Siem Reap, Siem Reab [Siĕmréab], Cambodia, Asia