Tombs: Seoul, South Korea [010]

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Title Tombs: Seoul, South Korea [010]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 60, Korean Course A, 41
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000
Subject Tombs--Korea--Seoul--Photographs; Statues--Korea--Seoul--Photographs; Sculpture--Korea--Seoul--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Korea; Statues
Keywords Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty; Yi
Spatial Coverage Korea (South); Seoul (Korea)
Description Photograph (close-up) of sculpture, Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty, Seoul, South Korea
Caption on Slide AT 154 Minister sculpture, Royal Tombs, Seoul. Photo: Lennox Tierney
Additional Information Image was scanned from (faded) color slide. Note: "Situated on the Han River, Seoul's history stretches back more than 2,000 years when it was founded in 18 BCE by Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. It continued as the capital of Korea under the Joseon Dynasty and the Korean Empire. The Seoul National Capital Area contains four UNESCO World Heritage Sites...[one of which is] the Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty."--Wikipedia. Note: "The Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty refers to the 40 tombs of members of the Korean Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). These tombs are scattered in over 18 locations across South Korea...The tombs have been registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2009."--Wikipedia.
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Rights Management This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
ARK ark:/87278/s61r77bf
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 339164
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61r77bf
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