View of an arched gate in the Great Wall of China, Kew-yung-kwan (now Juyong Guan) Village, Changping County, Peking (now Beijing),China

People:

Unknown (photographer)

Title:

View of an arched gate in the Great Wall of China, Kew-yung-kwan (now Juyong Guan) Village, Changping County, 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.: 21.2 x 27.4 cm secondary support: 34.6 x 53.2 cm

Reference number:

PH1982:0363:151

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Photograph has apparently been masked from u.l. to u.r. during exposure.

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary support, b.: with title. numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, u.r.: "99" numbered and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in black ink ?, verso, l.c. to l.r.: "Ancient Archway Nankou Pass / Seems [?] like 600 years old The interior is beautifully / carved [illeg.] inscriptions in the different / languages"; u.r.: "18" [seen in mirror image through recto of photograph]

Location:

Juyong Guan Village; Changping County; Beijing;

Subject:

architecture
engineering
military

Subject Descriptive Terms:

gate
bas-relief
wall
road
stonework
village
underpass
stone carving
pentagonal arch

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

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