View of Wumen Bridge ?, Soochow (now Suzhou), Kiangsu Province (now Jiangsu Sheng), China

People:

H.C. Cammidge (photographer)

Title:

View of Wumen Bridge ?, Soochow (now Suzhou), Kiangsu Province (now Jiangsu Sheng), China

Date:

in 1867

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 17.5 x 23.5 cm secondary support: 34.6 x 53.2 cm

Reference number:

PH1982:0363:030

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Photographs PH1982:0363:029-030 are mounted on the same secondary support.

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary support, t.: "Ching-poo."; and l.r.: with title inscribed, numbered and dated - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the negative, l.l.: "20"; l.r.: "H.C.C./67" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, u.r.: "35" numbered and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in black ink ?, verso, u.l.: "[illeg.] Pak- bok-King [?]-Bridge / 53" [seen in mirror image through recto of photograph]

Location:

Suzhou; Jiangsu Sheng; China;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

masonry
steps
chi-wen
sampans
inscription
gable roofs
arch bridges
ridges (roof components)

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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