Partial view of Tiananmen [Gate of Heavenly Peace] showing two huabiao and five of the Jinshuiqiao [Gold Water Bridges], Peking (now Beijing), China

People:

Felice Beato (photographer)

Title:

Partial view of Tiananmen [Gate of Heavenly Peace] showing two huabiao and five of the Jinshuiqiao [Gold Water Bridges], Peking (now Beijing), China

Date:

29 October 1860

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 23.7 x 29.2 cm secondary support: 36.7 x 52.0 cm

Reference number:

PH1986:0901:035

Point of View:

partial view
exterior view

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.c.: with title numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.c.: "33"

Location:

Beijing; China;

Subject:

architecture
military

Subject Descriptive Terms:

gateway
walls
huabiao
bridges (built works)
square (open space)
columns (architectural elements)
balustrades

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

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