Main gate of the old imperial palace in Seoul

Visit to the Land of Morning Calm

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Accession Nr.: F.2004.663.
Type: photograph
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
1908
Place of production:
Acquisition: collection of Dezső Bozóky
Materials/Techniques: hand-coloured glass slide
Dimensions: height: 8 cm
width: 8 cm
Dezső Bozóky hand-coloured glass diapositive. Photograph taken by Dezső Bozóky. Related item: A.4760.2.29.5. (photo). Smartly dressed men, Dezső Bozóky’s fellow officers walk towards the entrance of the former imperial palace. One of the gates is open, with a soldier
standing guard in it. Also visible is the stone fence that narrows the walkway towards the gate.