1929 Photogravure Imperial City Hue Vietnam Palace Royal Dynastic Urns Hurlimann ILL5 Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

The actual border around the photogravure is larger than what is shown in the digital image and each image has a caption in French

Locust Valley

10 x 14 cm

This is an original 1932 photogravure of the pergola of a church in Balchik (Balcic)

1929 Photogravure Imperial City Hue Vietnam Palace Royal Dynastic Urns Hurlimann ILL5 Art Institute of ChicagoThis is an original 1929 photogravure of the dynastic urns of the Imperial Palace in Hue, Vietnam. The nine urns were built in 1830 to represent Nguyen emperors, and weigh over a ton and a half each. The photographer of this image is Dr. Martin Hrlimann of Berlin, Germany. His photographs were largely composed of cities and civilizations, and taken mostly with a Sinclair camera. Period Paper is pleased to offer an exceptional collection of historic