William Hodges: A Dissertation on the Prototypes of Architectures, Hindoo, Moorish, and Gothic
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Hodges, William, 1744-1797
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1787
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1 Book (bound in brown Morocco leather with considerable repairs, 57 x 85 cm)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2012.06
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
One book by William Hodges published in 1787.
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Roberts, Laurance Page
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undated
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1 Item (box)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2014.01
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
These papers were created by museum director, administrator, and writer Laurance Page Roberts. The bulk of the collection is study material on Asian art originating from school course work during the 1930s. There are several notebooks filled with notes taken during lectures, several contain mounted photographs of Asian art works from public collect...
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Janse, Olov Robert Thure
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undated
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1.5 Items (linear feet of glass plate and film negatives)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2014.02
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Glass Plate and film negatives of various artifacts and archaeological sites reflecting Janse's research throughout China and SE Asia.
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Waugaman, Jack
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circa 1905
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5 Postcards (black and white)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2009.04
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Five postcards from Japan dated after the Japanese victory in the Russo-Japanese War. Most of the images are of temporary triumphal arches 凱旋門 emulating Western architecture and war imagery. These structures were built to celebrate the success of the Japanese navy and welcome returning troops. Elaborate arches made of wood and plaster were built in...
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Unknown
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January 1902
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1 Item (photographic print, Silver gelatin print, 8 x 10.5 in.)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2010.06
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
A large print, showing a group of men, women and children standing before a Western-style building. On the back, captioned originally in pencil is "Photograph taken in Front of American Legation Peking China of the ladies and children of the Diplomatic Corps in January 1902 before going to the Audience of the Emperor and Empress Dowager of China." ...
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Unknown
Abdullah Mirza Qajar, 1850-1909
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undated
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1 Item (Album (76 photoprints), b&w)
76 Items (Photographic prints, b&w)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2012.05
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
A family compiled album bound in gold embossed green leather and sold by Au Bon Marche, Paris. Seventy-six informal and studio individual portraits or groups by a variety of photographers from the 1860s to the 1940s or later. Subjects are likely family members, although formal portraits of royalty are also included. Formats range from large cabinet...
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Jacobson, Marcus, 1930-2001
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1986-1988
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4 Letters (hand written)
1 Item (manuscript, hand written)
1 exhibition catalog (includes essays and photographs)
1 Item (exhibition post card, black and white, 11 x 35 cm)
2 Photographs (color, 20 x 25 cm)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2009.05
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
This collection was created and collected by the late Dr. Marcus Jacobson. It consists of materials relating to contemporary Chinese artist Gu Wenda, whom Dr. Jacobson supported in Gu's early days (mid-1980s) by purchasing works and trying to interest fellow US and Canadian academics (Dr. Jacobson was a well-known neuroscientist) in Gu's works. Thi...
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Albin, Edgar A., 1908-
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1954
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1,700 color slides
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2010.02
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
The Edgar A. Albin Slide Collection includes images of architecture and sights of India taken in 1954 by Professor Edgar A. Albin, A Fullbright Scholar. A second set shows notable contemporary Indian artists in their studios, as well as examples of their works.
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Finn, Dallas, 1919-2012
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1975-1990
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5,500 color slides
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2010.03
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
This Collection contains in 24 albums over 5,500 color 35mm slides of Western-style architecture created during Japan's modernization, primarily druing Meiji Period (1868-1912). Taken throughout Japan between 1975-1990 by Dallas Finn, they were research materials in prepration for her book, Meiji Revisited: the Sites of Victorian Japan (New York, W...
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Mowry, Eli, 1880-1970
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undated
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151 Photographs (black and white silver gelatin prints)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2010.04
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
One hundred fifty one photographic prints and postcards, compiled by the family of Eil Mowry during their residence in Pyongyang between 1909 and 1940. Photographs were taken mostly by Eli Mowry and son David Mowry, although a number of the photographs apparently derive from commercial sources. Prints are primarily black and white silver gelatin pr...