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Charles Nouette (1869 - 1910)

Paul Pelliot (1878-1945) dans la grotte "aux manuscrits et aux peintures"

Mar 1908

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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (MNAAG, Paris) / François Vizzavona / reproduction RMN

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personnalité des sciences humaines

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About the artwork

Title:

Paul Pelliot (1878-1945) dans la grotte "aux manuscrits et aux peintures"

Periods:

contemporary period from 1789 until 1914

Techniques:

silver gelatino-bromure print

Inventory number:

9992/93

Detail:

Pelliot examinant des manuscrits dans la cave 17 des grottes de Mogao. Entre le 25 février et le 27 mai 1908. Mission Paul Pelliot 1906-1908.

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Author:

Charles Nouette

Born:

1869

Dead:

1910

See more about this author on Wikipedia:

Charles Nouette (1869-1910) was a French photographer and explorer who was a member of Paul Pelliot's archaeological expedition to Eastern ("Chinese") Turkestan, modern Xinjiang in 1906-1908. At the time there was great scientific rivalry between the French, British, Germans, Russians and Japanese in the area. Pelliot, accompanied by Nouette as official photographer and Louis Vaillant as expedition doctor, set out from St Petersburg on 17 June 1906 and proceeded via Bokhara, Kashgar, Ürümqi and… Read more...