Interior view of a reception room in a mandarin's house, Peking (now Beijing), China

People:

John Thomson (photographer)

Title:

Interior view of a reception room in a mandarin's house, Peking (now Beijing), China

Date:

published 1874

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 photomechanical print(s)

Technique and media:

Collotype

Dimensions:

comp.: 8.4 x 8.9 cm sheet: 47.2 x 35.4 cm

Reference number:

PH1979:0603.04:013

Point of View:

interior view

Inscription:

numbered - in typescript, in the image, l.l.: "13" inscribed - in the image, t.: "Yue Fang Xian [The Alcove of Glad Fragrance]"

Location:

Beijing; China;

Subject:

architecture
interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

identification sign
reception room
interior decoration
lattice window
settees
tea service
tea table

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

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