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Land of the Morning Calm: the Western View of Korea, 1741-1960
Exhibition Photos

Bridegroom going to bride's house

Bridegroom going to bride's house from Korea and the Sacred White Mountain, being a brief account of a journey in Korea in 1891, by A. E. J. Cavendish. London: George Philip & Son, 1894.

Boys at school

Boys at school from Korea and the Sacred White Mountain, being a brief account of a journey in Korea in 1891, by A. E. J. Cavendish. London: George Philip & Son, 1894.

Hi-class funeral

Hi-class funeral from Korea and the Sacred White Mountain, being a brief account of a journey in Korea in 1891, by A. E. J. Cavendish. London: George Philip & Son, 1894.

Kite-flying

Kite-flying from Old Korea: the Land of Morning Calm, by Elizabeth Keith and Elspet Keith Robertson Scott. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1946

Korean Domestic Interior

Korean Domestic Interior from Old Korea: the Land of Morning Calm, by Elizabeth Keith and Elspet Keith Robertson Scott. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1946

See-Saw

See-Saw from Old Korea: the Land of Morning Calm, by Elizabeth Keith and Elspet Keith Robertson Scott. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1946

Consulate General, Soul

Photo of Consulate-General, Soul from Life in Corea, by W. R. Carles, H.M. Vice-Consul in Corea, London: Macmillan & Co., 1888.

Un-Jin Miriok

Photo of Un-Jin Miriok from Life in Corea, by W. R. Carles, H.M. Vice-Consul in Corea, London: Macmillan & Co., 1888.

three portraits

[Left to Right] Horace Underwood in 1884; Mr. No, the first baptized citizen; Mr. Soh Sang Yun, the first native pastor. from Underwood of Korea by Lillias H. Underwood, New York: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1918

Palace-woman in full regalia

Caption reads "A Palace-woman in full regalia"  from The Passing of Korea, by Homer B. Hulbert.  New York: Doubleday & Co., 1906.

The woman in this photo is identified as Min Pi,1851-1895, Queen assassinated by the Japanese.  This book is an account of the last days of Choson court by an intimate personal observation by Hulbert, and it also includes a rather casual photo of Sunjong, King of Korea, 1874-1926.

Choson, the Land of the Morning Calm (book cover)

Choson, the Land of the Morning Calm: a Sketch of Korea, by Percival Lowell.  Boston: Tickner & Co., 1885. Leather-bound and illustrated in gold.

Map of Korea from Histoire Generale des Voyages

Map of Korea from Histoire Generale des Voyages, ou Nouvelle Collection de Toutes les Relations de Voyages par Mer et par Terre qui ont ete Publiees jusqu'a present dans les Differentes Langues de Toutes les Nationals Connues.  Tome sixeme.  Paris: Chez didot, 1748.

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