View of a section of Wuchang (now in Wuhan) within the city walls, China

People:

Felice Beato (photographer)

Title:

View of a section of Wuchang (now in Wuhan) within the city walls, China

Date:

between 1860 and 1861, or 1870

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 19.0 x 22.0 cm secondary support: 55.6 x 44.2 cm

Reference number:

PH1986:0359:001

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Photographs PH1986:0359:001, PH1986:0359:002, and PH1986:0359:003 are adhered together on the same secondary support to form panorama PH1986:0359:001-003. Panoramas PH1986:0359:001-003 and PH1986:0360:001-003 and photographs PH1980:0361 and PH1980:0362 are adhered to the same secondary support.

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary support, c.: with title / [title in Chinese characters] inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.l.: "Album 750 / 69 a + b" inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, u.r.: "69"

Location:

Wuchang; Wuhan; Hubei Sheng; China;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

temple
monastery
people
houses
walls
roofs
villas
gables (architectural elements)

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

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