Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Colonization and the Camera
- Chapter 1 The Earliest Photographs of Vietnam and the Vietnamese
- Chapter 2 Commercial Studios (1860s–1870s)
- Chapter 3 Émile Gsell (1838–1879): Celebrated Photographer of Nineteenth-Century Vietnam
- Chapter 4 Commercial Studios (1880s–1890s)
- Chapter 5 Charles-Édouard Hocquard (1853–1911): Photographer of the 1884–5 SinoFrench War
- Chapter 6 Selection of Twentieth-Century Photographers
- Chronology of Photography in Vietnam (1845–1954)
- Appendix 1 Index of Photographers and Studios in Vietnam (1845–1954)
- Appendix 2 Number Lists: Raphael Moreau and Émile Gsell
- Appendix 3 Postcards
- Appendix 4 Royal Photographic Portraits
- Appendix 5 Cartes de Visite and Cabinet Cards
- Appendix 6 1863 Vietnamese Embassy to France
- Photographic Terms
- Select Bibliography
Appendix 4 - Royal Photographic Portraits
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 April 2022
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Colonization and the Camera
- Chapter 1 The Earliest Photographs of Vietnam and the Vietnamese
- Chapter 2 Commercial Studios (1860s–1870s)
- Chapter 3 Émile Gsell (1838–1879): Celebrated Photographer of Nineteenth-Century Vietnam
- Chapter 4 Commercial Studios (1880s–1890s)
- Chapter 5 Charles-Édouard Hocquard (1853–1911): Photographer of the 1884–5 SinoFrench War
- Chapter 6 Selection of Twentieth-Century Photographers
- Chronology of Photography in Vietnam (1845–1954)
- Appendix 1 Index of Photographers and Studios in Vietnam (1845–1954)
- Appendix 2 Number Lists: Raphael Moreau and Émile Gsell
- Appendix 3 Postcards
- Appendix 4 Royal Photographic Portraits
- Appendix 5 Cartes de Visite and Cabinet Cards
- Appendix 6 1863 Vietnamese Embassy to France
- Photographic Terms
- Select Bibliography
Summary
There were ten emperors of Vietnam during the country's 100 years of occupation by the French. Of these, six were known to have been photographed.
Tuc Duc, who reigned from 1847 to 1883, does not appear to have permitted his photograph to be taken. Distrustful of French intentions, the court refused permission of Gsell to use his camera during an official visit in 1875.
The succeeding three Emperors – Duc Duc, Hiep Hoa and Kien Phuc – occupied the throne for just one year between them, and it seems as though not one of them was photographed, or if they were, then their photographic portraits have yet to surface. Photographs of the subsequent emperors are included here, together with selected images of other royal family members.
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- Early Photography in Vietnam , pp. 302 - 322Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2020