Charles Nouette
Illustration — The Cave of the Ring-bearing doves in Kizil Caves, as recorded by Charles Nouette in 1907 Charles Nouette (1869 – 2 May 1910) was a French photographer and explorer who was a member of Paul Pelliot's archaeological expedition to Eastern ("Chinese") Turkestan, modern Xinjiang in 1906–1908. At the time there was great scientific rivalry between the French, British, Germans, Russians and Japanese in the area. Pelliot, accompanied by Nouette as official photographer and Louis Vaillant as expedition doctor, set out from St Petersburg on 17 June 1906 and proceeded via Bokhara, Kashgar, Ürümqi and Turfan, before eventually reaching Beijing in the summer of 1909.
Charles Nouette
Charles Nouette · Library of Congress, the Wang Shunan collection · Public domain
- Full name
- Charles Georges Nouette.
- Born
- 1869. · Montlhéry.
- Died
- 1910. · 11th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- explorer and photographer.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — The Cave of the Ring-bearing doves in Kizil Caves, as recorded by Charles Nouette in 1907 Charles Nouette (1869 – 2 May 1910) was a French photographer and explorer who was a member of Paul Pelliot's archaeological expedition to Eastern ("Chinese") Turkestan, modern Xinjiang in 1906–1908. At the time there was great scientific rivalry between the French, British, Germans, Russians and Japanese in the area. Pelliot, accompanied by Nouette as official photographer and Louis Vaillant as expedition doctor, set out from St Petersburg on 17 June 1906 and proceeded via Bokhara, Kashgar, Ürümqi and Turfan, before eventually reaching Beijing in the summer of 1909.
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From June to September 1907 the expedition was in Kucha, and Charles Nouette visited and photographed the Kizil Caves in early September. In March 1908 the expedition visited Dunhuang. The numerous cave manuscripts that were purchased and subsequently studied by Pelliot are now kept in the National Library of France, the Bibliothèque nationale.
Charles Nouette is recorded with the occupation photographer. Recorded at birth as Charles Georges Nouette. Recorded as explorer and photographer.
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1869
Charles Nouette was born on 6 May 1869.
1910
Charles Nouette died at 11th arrondissement of Paris.
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- 1.Pelliot, Paul. Charles Nouette. T'oung Pao. 11. 2. 293. 1910. 0082-5433.
- 2.Guimet.fr. Autres ouvrages.
- 3.Pelliot, Paul Emile. Trois Ans dans la haute Asie : vol.1 / Page 13 (Color Image). 7–8. 1909.
- 4.Réunion des Musées Nationaux-Grand Palais - Search Result. www.photo.rmn.fr.
- 5.Pelliot, Paul. Trois Ans dans la haute Asie. 10.
- 6.Photo.rmn.fr. Réunion des musées nationaux.
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