View showing the southern Pehtang Fort, the town of Pehtang (now Beitang), and the Pehtang (now Beitang) River delta, with the northern Pehtang Fort in the background, near Tientsin (now Tianjin), China

People:

Felice Beato (photographer)

Title:

Date:

between 2 August and 4 August 1860

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 21.9 x 28.6 cm secondary support: 21.9 x 259.4 cm tertiary support: 36.7 x 52.0 cm

Reference number:

PH1986:0901:004:005

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Photographs PH1986:0901:004:001, PH1986:0901:004:002, PH1986:0901:004:003, PH1986:0901:004:004, PH1986:0901:004:005, PH1986:0901:004:006, PH1986:0901:004:007, PH1986:0901:004:008 and PH1986:0901:004:009 are adhered to the same secondary support to form panorama PH1986:0901:004:001-009. The secondary support comprises six pieces of paper successively joined with cloth tape. The left edge of PH1986:0901:004:001 is curled.

Inscription:

dated and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the tertiary support, l.c.: with title numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the tertiary support, l.c.: "3"

Location:

Beitang; Tianjin; China;

Subject:

architecture
engineering
military
topographic

Subject Descriptive Terms:

temple
gateway
earthworks (engineering works)
mud structures (single built works)
ramps
buildings
fort
moat
town
flag-poles
battlements
defensive wall
river delta

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

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