View of an arched gateway and bridge at the The Monastery of Universal Awakening [Shifang Pujue] (also known as the Temple of the Sleeping Buddha, Reclining or Recumbent Buddha [Wuofo Si]), Western Hills, near Peking (now Beijing), China

People:

Unknown (photographer)

Title:

Date:

between 1862 and 1879

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 20.5 x 28.0 cm secondary support: 34.6 x 53.2 cm

Reference number:

PH1982:0363:109

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. numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, u.r.: "68" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in black ink ?, verso, l.r.: "Gateway Wa-fa-Ssu Temple" [seen in mirror image through recto of photograph]

Location:

Beijing; China;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

gateway
bas-relief
wall
bases (object components)
baluster caps
chi-wen
bridge (built work)
sign
arches
balustrade
inscription
university
extrados
keystone

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

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