View of the interior court of the Fujian Guild Hall, Ningpo (now Ningbo), China

People:

W. Saunders (photographer)

Title:

View of the interior court of the Fujian Guild Hall, Ningpo (now Ningbo), China

Date:

between 1870 and 1875

Description:

- The upper right coner has been dodged to remove a roof present in the negative, as seen in a published image from the same negative (Worswick, p. 58).

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 17.3 x 23.4 cm secondary support: 34.6 x 53.2 cm

Reference number:

PH1982:0363:060

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary support, t.: "Shanghai."; and b.: with title. inscribed - by an unknown hand, in black ink ?, verso, u.l.: "Shanghai" [seen in mirror image through recto of photograph]

Location:

Ningbo; Zhejiang Sheng; China;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

temple
bas-relief
chi-wen
roof guardians
columns (architectural elements)
eaves
carvings
treaty port
gable-on-hip roof
incense burners
guildhall
brackets (structural elements)

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

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