[Statue of] Turtle near great bell, Seoul, Korea, 1896 – Vintage Wall Art
![[Statue of] Turtle near great bell, Seoul, Korea, 1896, 1896 — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7f/7faba67055e7-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures [Statue of] Turtle near great bell, Seoul, Korea, 1896 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Statue of] Turtle near great bell, Seoul, Korea, 1896
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A carved stone turtle, a bixi, stands near the great bell in Seoul, a pairing that shows how the city's public monuments drew on older Korean tradition. Turtles like this one often served as bases for stone tablets and were associated with longevity and endurance, which made them fitting companions for a bell that marked the hours of the city. The photograph dates to 1896, a few years after the Sino-Japanese War had unsettled the old order on the peninsula, and it captures a Seoul still shaped by its palaces, gates and pagodas. Look closely at the statue's worn surface, which hints at how long such carvings had stood in the open air.
| Created / published | 1896 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | John Barrett Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Statues; Turtles; Palaces; Gates; River landings; Churches--Pagodas; Architecture--Korea. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,152 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-146265 |
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