拍品 105
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FELIX GASPARD FARAUT (1846-1911)
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FELIX GASPARD FARAUT (1846-1911)

Views of Cambodia

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FELIX GASPARD FARAUT (1846-1911)
Views of Cambodia
Album of 25 albumen prints. 1875-81. Varying sizes from 5 1/8 x 8 5/8in. (13 x 21.9cm.) to 8¾ x 11 1/8in. (22 x 28cm.) or reverse. One signed in negative. All but 2 mounted one-per-page. Green leather, gilt title on front cover.
Album size: 14 x 10½in. (35.6 x 26.6cm.)
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Faraut first arrived in Indochina with the French Navy in 1869 and remained there until his death in 1911. After leaving the Navy in the early 1870s, he worked for a few years for the Colonial Administration in Saigon. In 1875, he relocated to Phnom Penh and became a Royal Engineer to Norodom I, King of Cambodia (1860-1904). Between 1875 and 1881, Faraut was assigned to a number of diplomatic missions which involved the task of photographing Cambodia.

Architectural views, including several of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, rural views with figures, a few city/street scenes depicting a festival and a harbour scene are included.