National Anthropological Archives

Guide to MS 7431 Chinese and Japanese prints collected by T. Glover Fillette

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS7431
Creators:
Fillette, T. Glover
Dates:
circa 1885
Languages:
Captions are primarily in
Chinese
and
Japanese
; some captions and hand-written notes are in
English
.
Physical Description:
8 Prints
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
The collection conists of eight (8) Chinese and Japanese woodblock prints. Seven (7) of the prints deal with the Sino-French war (1884-1885) and Chinese-French relations in the latter half of the nineteenth cenutry. According to the accession records, the prints were meant to illustrate the "French war in Tonkin from the Chinese point of view," but several of the prints were made in Japan. One (1) print depicts an Italian traveling circus.
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Biographical Note

Biographical Note
T. Glover Fillette was an officer in the United States Marine Corps. He served on the USS Enterprise, a neutral warship moored at the Pagoda Anchorage during the Battle of Fuzhou, the opening engagement of the Sino-French war.

Administration

Custodial History
The prints were collected by T. G. Fillette in 1888-1889; he donated them to the Smithsonian Institution in 1891. They were transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives by Chang-su Houchins in November 1986.
Processing Information
Three prints in this collection were originally cataloged under numbers MS 7431, MS 7432, and MS 7433, with data furnished by Chang-su Houchins, Department of Anthropology. The remaining five prints were not cataloged. In 2022, the collection was reprocessed. All eight prints were incorporated into a single collection under MS 7431. Untitled drawings were assigned titles in square brackets [].

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Use
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Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Preferred Citation
MS 7431 Chinese and Japanese prints collected by T. Glover Fillette, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
USNM Accession Number 24739
USNM Catalog Number 152751


Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Works of art Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Woodblock prints Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Sino-French War, 1884-1885 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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