View of a corner tower and defensive wall of Peking (now Beijing), China

People:

Unknown (photographer)

Title:

View of a corner tower and defensive wall of Peking (now Beijing), China

Date:

between 1862 and 1879

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 21.4 x 27.2 cm secondary support: 34.6 x 53.2 cm

Reference number:

PH1982:0363:077

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary support, t.: "Pekin."; and b.: with title. inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, c.r.: "Alta - 40 p [?] / Largo 12 millon [?] / Ancho 77 / 200" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, u.r.: "52" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in black ink ?, verso, l.r.: "Walls of Pekin" [seen in mirror image through recto of photograph]

Location:

Beijing; China;

Subject:

architecture
military

Subject Descriptive Terms:

windows
chi-wen
roof guardians
city walls
spire
battlements
bastions

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

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