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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
James Riley Sever Lantern Slide Collection
Summary
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1998.01
- Creators:
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Sever, James RileyChild, Thomas
- Dates:
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1875-1877
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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84 Lantern slidesblack and white and color
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Stereopticons 1875-1877; undated mostly black and white and a few hand-colored, some captioned and numbered, assembled by an unknown source to depict views of Chine, including images of the imperial Summer Palace, in particular the ruins of the Yuanmingyuan taken in 1877 by amateur photographer Thomas Child; the environs of Peking (Beijing), including the Great Wall, Ming Tombs, the observatory, pagodas, the Temple of Heaven and others; a monastery near Foochow (Fuzhou); views of Formosa (Taiwan); a Canton street scene; villages; Chinese workers in various activities; a portion of an English-Chinese lexicon; and works of art depicting Prince Kung, Sir Harry Smith Parkes (1828-1885), "Ward of Salem" [likely William Hayes Ward (1835-1916)], and Christopher Columbus.
Arrangement
Arrangement
Organized in 2 boxes (.5 linear ft.) by slide number and topic.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
William Hayes Ward (1835-1916) was a Congregationalist minister, Orientalist, and editor of the "The Independent", a weekly religious newspaper. Sir Harry Smith Parkes (1828-1885) was a British diplomat who worked mainly in China and Japan.
Administration
Custodial History
Donated by James Riley Sever, 1998. Slides were obtained by Sever from Mrs. Barker, a neighbor of his sister's in Fairlington (Alexandria, Virginia) while she was moving in the summer of 1962. The slides were to be discarded as garbage. Then, stored in closet for 35 years while Sever was employed by as a Foreign Service Office of the United States Information Agency.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
James Riley Sever Lantern Slide Collection. FSA.A1998.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
FSA A1998.01
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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China | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Canton (China) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Beijing (China) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Taiwan | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Lantern slides | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
China -- Description and Travel | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Parkes, Harry, Sir, 1828-1885 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Ward, William Hayes, 1835-1916 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Columbus, Christopher | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
National Museum of Asian Art Archives
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