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Émile Gsell — Cochinchine Française - Cambodge (French South Vietnam and Cambodia)
Émile Gsell

Cochinchine Française - Cambodge (French South Vietnam and Cambodia)

A significant documentary album by Émile Gsell containing 130 mounted albumen prints of French South Vietnam and Cambodia (Cochinchine Française - Cambodge). Presented in a leather-bound oblong folio with impressed title, each photograph bears a plate number and handwritten title.

Medium
Album with 130 mounted albumen prints. Each with plate number in the negative; titled in an unidentified hand in ink on each leaf. Oblong folio, leather cover with impressed title.

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The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation

October 3, 2017

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Émile Gsell, Cochinchine Française - Cambodge (French South Vietnam and Cambodia)

A significant documentary album by Émile Gsell containing 130 mounted albumen prints of French South Vietnam and Cambodia (Cochinchine Française - Cambodge). Presented in a leather-bound oblong folio with impressed title, each photograph bears a plate number and handwritten title.

Medium
Album with 130 mounted albumen prints. Each with plate number in the negative; titled in an unidentified hand in ink on each leaf. Oblong folio, leather cover with impressed title.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Photography, French, Albumen Print, Documentary, 19th Century, Architectural, Landscape, Historical, Colonial, Travel Photography

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Cleveland Museum of Art