Titre original : [Chine. Province du Gansu], Touen-houang [Dunhuang], grotte 163, niche aux manuscrits [Paul Pelliot dans la grotte des livres]. Date de prise de vue : entre le 25/2/1908 et le 27/5/1908. Mission Paul Pelliot 1906-1908

Location:

Guimet Museum

About the author(s)

Author:

Charles Nouette

Born:

1869

Dead:

1910

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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...