View of the Sea of Wisdom Temple [Zhihui Hai] and Boundary Stone of Popular Fragrance, Garden of the Clear Ripples [Qing Yi Yuan] (now known as the Summer Palace or Yihe Yuan), Peking (now Beijing), China

People:

Unknown (photographer)
Francis Frith & Co. (publisher)
Francis Frith & Co. (photographic studio)
Qianlong, Emperor of China (role unspecified)
Cixi, Empress dowager of China (role unspecified)

Title:

Date:

between 1860 and 1879

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 16.4 x 20.7 cm secondary support: 41.7 x 29.4 cm

Reference number:

PH1980:0008:110

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Photographs PH1980:0008:110 and PH1980:0008:109 are mounted on the same album page.

Inscription:

stamped - by an unknown hand, blind embossed, on the image, l.l.: "FRITH'S SERIES" imprinted and numbered - by an unknown hand, in the negative, l.l.: "9849"

Location:

China

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

temple
reliefs
gateway
wall
ornaments
chi-wen
roof guardians
roof
roofing tile
arches
eaves
Buddhas

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

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