Item sets
Type is exactly
Public collection
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Mission Pelliot Archive An expedition under the guidance of the French scholar Paul Pelliot conducted between 1906 and 1908, which gave the opportunity to one of its participants – Charles Nouette – to constitute a comprehensive archive of photographs. Several public institutions are holding materials from this archive.
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Jules Itier Archive Taken originally in 1844, Jules Itier's daguerreotypes are part of the earliest surviving body of photographic materials of China.
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Stéphane Passet Archive Stéphane Passet took Autochromes in China in 1912 and 1913. He was an appointed operator on behalf of the "Archives de la Planète" [Archives of the Planet].
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John Thomson Archive John Thomson was a Scottish photographer who travelled extensively across Asia in the 1870s. Several public institutions are holding his works.
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Firmin Laribe Archive Firmin Laribe was a French military officer active in Beijing around the years 1904 and 1910. His archive encompasses over four hundred gelatin silver prints, notebooks and albums amongst other documents.
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Auguste François Archive Auguste François was a French Consul in China between 1896 and 1904. As a diplomat and amateur photographer, he compiled an archive composed of around three thousand glass plates and photographic prints with detailed captions.
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Mission Citroën Archive The Mission Citröen - also called La Croisière Jaune - was organised by the French car company André Citroën and aimed to drive across the Asian continent in the 1930s. This mission left an extensive photographic archive currently held at the Centre d’archives de Terre Blanche.
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Fonds Bontemps This archive encompasses 400 still images and 23 silent films originally taken by André Bontemps, a deputy army judge who lived in the French Concession in Tianjin from 1931 to 1935.
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Musée d'Orsay Collection The Museum mainly holds late nineteenth century and early twentieth century anonymous photographs and stereoscopics from various private collections. The online catalogue also includes also photographs by John Thomson, Paul Champion, Adolphe De Meyer, and Gustave Popelin.
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Louis Finot Collection Louis Finot (1864-1935) was a French archaeologist and researcher, specialising in the cultures of Southeast Asia. He was one of the former directors of the Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient [EFEO, The French School of the Far East] and left some 2770 glass plates to this research centre.
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Musée Cernuschi Collection The Cernuschi Museum in Paris is one of the very few French institutions specializing in Asian art. Its collection encompasses ancient and modern art works, alongside a lesser-known photographic archives held at its Library, such as 1) the Victor Goloubew collection, 2) the Comte de Polignac collection, and 3) Documentary resources: Archaeological excavations - China.