Pavilion in the imperial park. The body of the last Korean empress was burned here

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Accession Nr.: F.2004.665.
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.4760.2.29.2. (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)