Granite lion before the gateway to the old Royal Palace - looking north - Seoul, Korea – Historic Reproduction
(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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Granite lion before the gateway to the old Royal Palace - looking north - Seoul, Korea
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A granite lion stands before the gateway to Seoul's old Royal Palace in this view, with the gate itself rising just beyond it. The palace, Gyeongbokgung, was built in 1395 as the main seat of the Joseon dynasty, and its southern gate, Gwanghwamun, was rebuilt in the 1860s after long years of ruin. By around 1904, when Underwood & Underwood produced this stereograph, the city was absorbing growing foreign influence as the Korean monarchy struggled to keep its independence. Stereo cards like this were sold widely to American and European viewers who wanted to see distant places in three dimensions.
| Created / published | c1904. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Korea--Seoul; Animals--Lions; Photog. I.; Sculpture; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,412 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-146088 |
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