Pavilion in the imperial Garden in which the Empress of Korea was burned by the Japanese

Visit to the Land of Morning Calm

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Accession Nr.: A.4760.2.29.2.
Type: photograph
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
1908
Place of production:
Acquisition: collection of Dezső Bozóky
Signed: Below the photo: Dezső Bozóky's handwriting: Pavilion in the Imperial Garden, where the Empress of Korea was burned by the Japanese.
Materials/Techniques: gelatin silver contact print, one half of stereo pair
Dimensions: height: 7.8 cm
width: 6.1 cm
The album containing Dezső Bozóky's travelphotos (second). Related item: A.4760.2. (album). Photograph taken by Dezső Bozóky. Related item: F.2004.665. (photo). The Hyangwonjeong (Pavilion of Far-Reaching Fragrance) in the park of Gyeongbok-gung Palace. Built in the 15th century, the resting pavilion stands on a small island, accessible through a wooden bridge. It was Dezső Bozóky’s understanding that Min, the pro-Russian queen, was assassinated here in 1895, and her body was also burned. The queen was in fact attacked in a side building of the palace complex, in her own suite of rooms.

place of production: Hyangwonjeong (향원정)