View of the Hall of Prayer for a Good Harvest [Qinian Dian], Temple of Heaven [Tian Tan], Peking (now Beijing), China

People:

Unknown (photographer)
Ming Shizong, Emperor of China (role unspecified)
Ming Chengzu, Emperor of China (role unspecified)
Qianlong, Emperor of China (role unspecified)

Title:

View of the Hall of Prayer for a Good Harvest [Qinian Dian], Temple of Heaven [Tian Tan], Peking (now Beijing), China

Date:

1887 or before

Description:

- The imprinted label was possibly included after the album was assembled.

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 24.3 x 29.2 cm secondary support: 27.3 x 37.2 cm

Reference number:

PH1984:1203:006

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

dated and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary support, l.l.: "1887."; and b.: "Temple of Heaven- Pekin-" labelled, imprinted and numbered - in typescript and black ink, on a paper label associated with the photograph: "[Chinese characters] / No. 916, THE TEMPLE OF HEAVEN, PEKIN." and with a description of the Temple of Heaven

Location:

Beijing; China;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

temple
stairs
rotunda (building)
terraces
balustrades
pommel (finial)

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

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