View of the Yuenfu Monastery Cave from below, Fukien (now Fujian) Province, China

People:

John Thomson (photographer)

Title:

View of the Yuenfu Monastery Cave from below, Fukien (now Fujian) Province, China

Date:

published 1873

Description:

- The buildings on the left are supported by stilts, overhanging a precipice, and were described by Thomson as presenting 'a very temporary and insecure appearance' (Thomson, vol. ii, n.p.)

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 photomechanical print(s)

Technique and media:

Collotype

Dimensions:

comp.: 29.9 x 24.6 cm sheet: 47.2 x 35.4 cm

Reference number:

PH1979:0603.02:045

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

numbered - in typescript, in white ink, in the image, l.l.: "44"

Location:

Fujian Sheng; China;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

monastery
railing
steps
stilt house
stilts (structural elements)
porches
eaves

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

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