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

People:

Felice Beato (photographer)

Title:

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

Date:

after 24 October 1860 and before 16 November 1860

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 24.4 x 29.2 cm secondary support: 38.1 x 43.2 cm

Reference number:

PH1976:0062

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- There are traces of another page affixed to the left edge of the secondary support. There is visible retouching, c.r.

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and brown ink, on the secondary support, l.c.: with title inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, l.l.: "Beato" inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, l.r.: "10" [circled]

Location:

Beijing; China;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

temple
stairs
baluster caps
terraces
roof
balustrades
circular (shape) building
pommel (finial)

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

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