View showing the southern Pehtang Fort, the town of Pehtang (now Beitang), and the Pehtang (now Beitang) River delta, near Tientsin (now Tianjin), China

People:

Felice Beato (photographer)

Title:

View showing the southern Pehtang Fort, the town of Pehtang (now Beitang), and the Pehtang (now Beitang) River delta, near Tientsin (now Tianjin), China

Date:

between 2 August and 4 August 1860

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 21.9 x 28.9 cm secondary support: 21.9 x 259.4 cm tertiary support: 36.7 x 52.0 cm

Reference number:

PH1986:0901:004:004

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Photographs PH1986:0901:004:001, PH1986:0901:004:002, PH1986:0901:004:003, PH1986:0901:004:004, PH1986:0901:004:005, PH1986:0901:004:006, PH1986:0901:004:007, PH1986:0901:004:008 and PH1986:0901:004:009 are adhered to the same secondary support to form panorama PH1986:0901:004:001-009. The secondary support comprises six pieces of paper successively joined with cloth tape. The left edge of PH1986:0901:004:001 is curled.

Inscription:

dated and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the tertiary support, l.c.: with title numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the tertiary support, l.c.: "3"

Location:

Beitang; Tianjin; China;

Subject:

architecture
engineering
military
topographic

Subject Descriptive Terms:

earthworks (engineering works)
mud structures (single built works)
ramps
buildings
fort
moat
town
battlements
defensive wall
river delta

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

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