249 - KOREA - EMPEROR

KOREA - EMPEROR Emperor Kojong Gwangmu of Korea and his son, Crown Prince Sunjong, 1895. Photographs. Two albumen prints mounted on cardboard and inscribed in ink beneath the images. On the back of the mount are images of a French sailor launching a torpedo, circa 1910. Framed. Images: 13.5 x 9.6 cm; frame: 43 x 54 cm Bibliography: Terry Bennett, "Korea. Caught in Time," Garnet Publishing, 1997, p. 56 (variant).