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| 1. |  | Émile Gsell 1860s [Photographic Advertisement] Albumen silver print, from glass negative 23.5 x 31.8 cm (9 1/4 x 12 1/2 ins) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Purchase, Cynthia Hazen Polsky Gift, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.497 |
| 2. |  | Émile Gsell 1880 (ca) Le Roi Huoc Albumen print 15 x 20 cm Photo Verdeau |
| 3. |  | Émile Gsell 1866-1870 A portrait of a Cambodian woman playing a musical instrument. Albumen print 13 x 19 cm Dennis George Crow Courtesy of Dennis George Crow (www.dennisgeorgecrow.com) |
| 4. |  | Émile Gsell 1870-1875 A studio portrait of a seated Annamite man holding a fan. (French Indochine) Albumen print 20 x 24.5 cm Dennis George Crow Courtesy of Dennis George Crow (www.dennisgeorgecrow.com) |
| 5. |  | Émile Gsell 1866 Femme Annamite, Saigon, Cochinchine [Annamite Woman, Saigon, Cochinchina] Albumen silver print, from glass negative 20 x 16.7 cm (7 7/8 x 6 9/16 ins) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.501 (2) |
| 6. |  | Émile Gsell 1866-1868 Untitled [information wanted] [Views of Indochina] Albumen print Bassenge Photography Auctions Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Sale: 90, Lot: 4063, Dec 5, 2007) |
| 7. |  | Émile Gsell 1866-1868 Untitled [information wanted] [Views of Indochina] Albumen print Bassenge Photography Auctions Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Sale: 90, Lot: 4063, Dec 5, 2007) |
| 8. |  | Émile Gsell 1866-1868 Untitled [information wanted] [Views of Indochina] Albumen print Bassenge Photography Auctions Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Sale: 90, Lot: 4063, Dec 5, 2007) |
| 9. |  | Émile Gsell 1866-1868 Untitled [information wanted] [Views of Indochina] Albumen print Bassenge Photography Auctions Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Sale: 90, Lot: 4063, Dec 5, 2007) |
| 10. |  | Émile Gsell 1866-1868 Untitled [information wanted] [Views of Indochina] Albumen print Bassenge Photography Auctions Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Sale: 90, Lot: 4063, Dec 5, 2007) |
| 11. |  | Émile Gsell 1880 (ca) Main d'un annamite, Indochine Albumen print 16 x 21,5 cm Photo Verdeau |
| 12. |  | Émile Gsell 1866 Chef de Village en Costume officiel, Cochinchine [Village Chief in Official Costume, Cochinchina] Albumen silver print, from glass negative 20.8 x 16.3 cm (8 3/16 x 6 7/16 ins) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.501 (17) |
| 13. |  | Émile Gsell 1866 Prisonniers conduits par un Mata, Cochinchine [Prisoners Conducted by a Mata, Cochinchina] Albumen silver print, from glass negative 24.2 x 21 cm (9 1/2 x 8 1/4 ins) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.501 (3) |
| 14. |  | Émile Gsell 1866 Costumes de Théâtre, Saigon, Cochinchine [Theater Costumes, Saigon, Cochinchina] Albumen silver print, from glass negative 24.4 x 31.1 cm (9 5/8 x 12 1/4 ins) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.501 (1) |
| 15. |  | Émile Gsell 1865 (ca) Mnong warriors, Vietnam Albumen print 230 x 180 mm (9 x 7 in) Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books Courtesy of Bernard J Shapero Rare Books Emile Gsell (1838 - 1879) was a French photographer who worked in Southeast Asia, becoming the first commercial photographer based in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City). He participated in at least three scientific expeditions, and the images he produced from the first, to Angkor, are amongst the earliest photographs of that site. Though he died at an early age he managed to make several hundred photographs in just over a dozen years featuring a wide range of subject matter including architecture, landscapes, and studio, ethnographic and genre portraits. |
| 16. |  | Émile Gsell 1866 Femmes du Prince Phra-Kéo-Pha [Prince Phra-Kéo-Pha's Women] Albumen silver print, from glass negative 19.9 x 27.7 cm (7 13/16 x 10 7/8 ins) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, Accession Number: 2005.100.501 (45) |
| 17. |  | Émile Gsell 1866-1868 Untitled [information wanted] [Views of Indochina] Albumen print Bassenge Photography Auctions Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Sale: 90, Lot: 4063, Dec 5, 2007) |
| 18. |  | Émile Gsell 1866-1868 Untitled [information wanted] [Views of Indochina] Albumen print Bassenge Photography Auctions Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Sale: 90, Lot: 4063, Dec 5, 2007) |
| 19. |  | Émile Gsell 1866-1868 Untitled [information wanted] [Views of Indochina] Albumen print Bassenge Photography Auctions Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Sale: 90, Lot: 4063, Dec 5, 2007) |
| 20. |  | Émile Gsell 1866 Angle d'Une Cour Intérieure de la Grande Pagode [View of the Court Interior of the Grand Pagoda, Angkor] Albumen silver print, from glass negative 22.7 x 17.7cm (8 15/16 x 6 15/16ins) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.501 (34) |
| 21. |  | Émile Gsell 1866 Cochine et Cambodge [Cochine et Cambodge] Albumen silver prints, from glass negatives 22.7 x 17.7 cm (8 15/16 x 6 15/16 in) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2005 In the attribution at the Metropolitan Museum of Art the photographer is given as M. Gsell (French, act. 1860s-70s) but it is presumably Emile Gsell who was active in Indo-China during this period. (Alan Griffiths, May 16, 2007) |
| 22. |  | Émile Gsell 1870 (ca) Paysage d'Indochine Albumen print 26,5 x 32 cm Photo Verdeau |
| 23. |  | Émile Gsell 1866-1870 Angkor-Vat (French Indochine-Cambodge) Albumen print 26 x 19.5 cm Dennis George Crow Courtesy of Dennis George Crow (www.dennisgeorgecrow.com) |
| 24. |  | Émile Gsell 1866 Vue de Sa´gon (Feuille No. 1) [View of Saigon, Plate No. 1] Albumen silver print, from glass negative 24.7 x 34.2 cm (9 3/4 x 13 7/16 ins) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.501 (26) |
| 25. |  | Émile Gsell 1866-1868 Untitled [information wanted] [Views of Indochina] Albumen print Bassenge Photography Auctions Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Sale: 90, Lot: 4063, Dec 5, 2007) |
| 26. |  | Émile Gsell 1866-1868 Untitled [information wanted] [Views of Indochina] Albumen print Bassenge Photography Auctions Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Sale: 90, Lot: 4063, Dec 5, 2007) |
| 27. |  | Émile Gsell 1866-1868 Untitled [information wanted] [Views of Indochina] Albumen print Bassenge Photography Auctions Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Sale: 90, Lot: 4063, Dec 5, 2007) |
| 28. |  | Émile Gsell 1866-1868 Untitled [information wanted] [Views of Indochina] Albumen print Bassenge Photography Auctions Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Sale: 90, Lot: 4063, Dec 5, 2007) |
| 29. |  | Wilhelm Burger 1860-1870 Two Siamese Actors (Siam) Albumen print 16 x 18 cm Dennis George Crow Courtesy of Dennis George Crow (www.dennisgeorgecrow.com) |
| 30. |  | Wilhelm Burger 1860-1870 Siamese man and woman (Siam) Albumen print 16 x 21 cm Dennis George Crow Courtesy of Dennis George Crow (www.dennisgeorgecrow.com) |
| 31. |  | Unidentified photographer 1875-1880 View from inside the royal palace grounds (Siam) Albumen print 19.5 x 25.5 cm Dennis George Crow Courtesy of Dennis George Crow (www.dennisgeorgecrow.com) |
| 32. |  | John Thomson 1875 Title page for John Thomson "The Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China; or Ten Years' Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad" (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1875) Title page Google Books |
| 33. |  | Felice Beato 1886-1901 (ca) Jeune élégante Birmane Albumen print 20 x 26 cm Photo Verdeau (Alan Griffiths, 20 July 2018) The date is approximate and based on the time Felice Beato was in Burma. |
| 34. |  | Felice Beato 1886-1901 (ca) Jeune soldat Birman Albumen print 18 x 24 cm Photo Verdeau (Alan Griffiths, 20 July 2018) The date is approximate and based on the time Felice Beato was in Burma. |
| 35. |  | Felice Beato 1886-1901 (ca) Kachin Women Albumen print 9.75 in (24.76 cm) x 7.25 in (18.41 cm) Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis (3eg765) |
| 36. |  | Felice Beato 1886-1901 (ca) Portrait d'une jeune paysanne Birmane en tenue traditionnelle Albumen print 18 x 24 cm Photo Verdeau (Alan Griffiths, 20 July 2018) The date is approximate and based on the time Felice Beato was in Burma. |
| 37. |  | Felice Beato 1886-1901 (ca) Chef des Arméés Birmanes Albumen print 18 x 24 cm Photo Verdeau (Alan Griffiths, 20 July 2018) The date is approximate and based on the time Felice Beato was in Burma. |
| 38. |  | Felice Beato 1886-1901 (ca) Femme Birmane au cigare, à Mandalay, Birmanie Albumen print 20 x 27 cm Photo Verdeau (Alan Griffiths, 20 July 2018) The date is approximate and based on the time Felice Beato was in Burma. |
| 39. |  | Felice Beato 1886-1901 (ca) Un éléphant et son Cornac. Birmanie Albumen print 18 x 24 cm Photo Verdeau (Alan Griffiths, 20 July 2018) The date is approximate and based on the time Felice Beato was in Burma. |
| 40. |  | Willoughby Wallace Hooper 1887 "Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs, illustrating incidents connected with the British Expeditionary Force to that country" (London, Bangalore and Calcutta: J.A. Lugard, C.G. Brown and Thacker, Spink & Co., 1887) Book cover Donald A. Heald - Rare Books, Prints & Maps Donald A. Heald - Rare Books, Prints & Maps, New York (#6851) |
| 41. |  | Willoughby Wallace Hooper 1887 "Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs, illustrating incidents connected with the British Expeditionary Force to that country" (London, Bangalore and Calcutta: J.A. Lugard, C.G. Brown and Thacker, Spink & Co., 1887) Book page Donald A. Heald - Rare Books, Prints & Maps Donald A. Heald - Rare Books, Prints & Maps, New York (#6851) |
| 42. |  | Willoughby Wallace Hooper 1887 "Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs, illustrating incidents connected with the British Expeditionary Force to that country" (London, Bangalore and Calcutta: J.A. Lugard, C.G. Brown and Thacker, Spink & Co., 1887) Print in book Donald A. Heald - Rare Books, Prints & Maps Donald A. Heald - Rare Books, Prints & Maps, New York (#6851) |
| 43. |  | Willoughby Wallace Hooper 1887 "Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs, illustrating incidents connected with the British Expeditionary Force to that country" (London, Bangalore and Calcutta: J.A. Lugard, C.G. Brown and Thacker, Spink & Co., 1887) Print in book Donald A. Heald - Rare Books, Prints & Maps Donald A. Heald - Rare Books, Prints & Maps, New York (#6851) |
| 44. |  | Willoughby Wallace Hooper 1887 "Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs, illustrating incidents connected with the British Expeditionary Force to that country" (London, Bangalore and Calcutta: J.A. Lugard, C.G. Brown and Thacker, Spink & Co., 1887) Print in book Donald A. Heald - Rare Books, Prints & Maps Donald A. Heald - Rare Books, Prints & Maps, New York (#6851) |
| 45. |  | Willoughby Wallace Hooper 1887 "Burmah. A series of one hundred photographs, illustrating incidents connected with the British Expeditionary Force to that country" (London, Bangalore and Calcutta: J.A. Lugard, C.G. Brown and Thacker, Spink & Co., 1887) Print in book Donald A. Heald - Rare Books, Prints & Maps Donald A. Heald - Rare Books, Prints & Maps, New York (#6851) |
| 46. |  | John Thomson 1865 First King of Siam Albumen silver print, from glass negative 23.1 x 15.9 cm (9 1/8 x 6 1/4 ins) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Purchase, Cynthia Hazen Polsky Gift, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.583 (2a) |
| 47. |  | John Thomson 1865-1866 The 1st King of Siam, King Mongkut, in state robes, Bangkok, Siam Glass plate Wellcome Collection Wellcome Library, London (L0020136) |
| 48. |  | John Thomson 1865 His Majesty Prabat Somdet Pra parameñdr Mahá Mongkut, First King of Siam, in State Costume Albumen silver print, from glass negative 22 x 17.2 cm (8 11/16 x 6 3/4 ins) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Purchase, Cynthia Hazen Polsky Gift, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.583 (1a) |
| 49. |  | John Thomson 1866 Interior of the western colonnade of a Temple at Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia Glass plate Wellcome Collection Wellcome Library, London (V0036927) Bears Thomson's negative number: "466". This is one of a collection of original glass negatives made by John Thomson. The negatives, made between 1868 and 1872, were purchased from Thomson by Sir Henry Wellcome in 1921. John Thomson, The straits of Malacca, Indo-China and China, London, 1875, p 142, with an extra figure. Judith Balmer, John Thomson, 1993, p xxxi, fig. 9, is also based on this photograph, but the figure is missing, replaced by a tiger |
| 50. |  | John Thomson 1865-1866 View of Bangkok, Siam, looking over the River Menam Glass plate Wellcome Collection Wellcome Library, London (V0036855) |
| 51. |  | John Thomson 1866 The Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom Albumen print British Library |
| 52. |  | John Thomson 1867 1148, One of the Towers of the Temple at Ongcor Thom. From a photograph by Mr. J. Thomson Book illustration, woodcut Google Books James Furgusson A History of Architecture in all Countries, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, in three volumes (London: John Murray, 1867), Vol.II, Bk.VI, Ch.II, p.727. The same illustration is shown in John Thomson The Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China; or Ten Years' Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1875), p.151 and here it is entitled "Sculptured tower in Nakhon Thom, The ancient capital of Cambodia.". See also p.140 which concerns Thompson supplying photographs to Prof. Ferguson. |
| 53. |  | Francis Chit 1873, October H.M. King Chulalongkorn, Rama V, on his second coronation Albumen print 27.0 x 21.5 cm National Gallery of Australia (NGA) This photograph was included in the exhibition "Picture Paradise: Asia-Pacific photography 1840s-1940s" at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (July 11 - November 9, 2008) |
| 54. |  | Francis Chit 1886, 14 January Prince Vajirunhis was escorted to the Grand Palace for his investiture as crown prince. Bangkok Albumen print 21.1 x 27.2 cm National Gallery of Australia (NGA) This photograph was included in the exhibition "Picture Paradise: Asia-Pacific photography 1840s-1940s" at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (July 11 - November 9, 2008) |
| 55. |  | Woodbury & Page 1880 (ca) Le Palais Royal de Bangkok Albumen print 9,7 x 26,2 cm Photo Verdeau |
| 56. |  | P. Klier 1870 (ca) Burmese Girls, Rangoon Albumen print 270 x 200 mm ( 10.5 x 8 in) Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books Courtesy of Bernard J Shapero Rare Books Titled, numbered and signed in negative. |
| 57. |  | P. Klier 1870 (ca) [Burmese lady] Albumen print 200 x 140 mm (8 x 5.5 in) Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books Courtesy of Bernard J Shapero Rare Books |
| 58. |  | P. Klier 1880 (ca) Shoay Dagone Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma Albumen print 270 x 200 mm Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com - 3wo64) |
| 59. |  | P. Klier 1880 (ca) Pagode Shwedagon, Birmanie Albumen print 20 x 27 cm Photo Verdeau |
| 60. |  | P. Klier 1880 (ca) MonastÞre Birman Albumen print 20,5 x 27,3 cm Photo Verdeau |
| 61. |  | P. Klier 1880s Rangoon [information wanted] Albumen print 20 x 26,5 cm Bassenge Photography Auctions Courtesy of Bassenge, Berlin (Photography, Sale: 90, Lot: 4082, Dec 5, 2007) |
| 62. |  | P. Klier 1890s (ca) Burma - King Thebaw's Kyauang Albumen print 10 5/8 x 8 1/8 in (ca) Eastern Window (Jan van der Wal) Courtesy of Jan van der Wal (bur24-01) Signed and titled "King Thebaw's Kyauang Mandalay 342. P.Klier Rangoon." in the negative. |
| 63. |  | Unidentified photographer 1875 A group of Burmese with monks (Burma / India) Albumen print 22 x 17.5 cm Dennis George Crow Courtesy of Dennis George Crow (www.dennisgeorgecrow.com) This photograph has been attributed to C. Murray but that is not certain. |
| 64. |  | Unidentified photographer 1875 (ca) Enfants du Siam (Thailande) Aristotype 23 x 17 cm Photo Verdeau |
| 65. |  | Pun-Lun (from Hong Kong in Saigon) 1870 (ca) Chinese in Saigon Carte de visite 92 x 59 mm Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com - 4op26) |
| 66. |  | Unidentified photographer 1890-1900 Ta-Prohm "Galerie" (French Indochine-Cambodge) Gelatin silver print, toned 18 x 24 cm Dennis George Crow Courtesy of Dennis George Crow (www.dennisgeorgecrow.com) |
| 67. |  | Unidentified photographer 1890-1900 Angkor-thom "Le Bayon" (French Indochine-Cambodge) Gelatin silver print, toned 24 x 18 cm Dennis George Crow Courtesy of Dennis George Crow (www.dennisgeorgecrow.com) |