View of a marble bridge, Peking (now Beijing), China

People:

Unknown (photographer)

Title:

View of a marble bridge, 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.: 10.6 x 17.5 cm secondary support: 34.6 x 53.2 cm

Reference number:

PH1982:0363:088

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary support, t.: "Pekin."; and c.l.: with title. numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, u.r.: "59" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in black ink ?, verso, l.l. to l.c.: "[illeg.] [illeg.] Marble Bridge / Peking." [seen in mirror image through recto of photograph]

Location:

Beijing; China;

Subject:

engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

baluster caps
p'ai-lous
arches
balustrade
arch bridge
keystones

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

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