View of two pawnshops, Canton (now Guangzhou), China

People:

Unknown (photographer)

Title:

View of two pawnshops, Canton (now Guangzhou), China

Date:

between 1850 and 1890

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 26.9 x 23.1 cm

Reference number:

PH1981:0113

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, c.l. to c.r.: "B" [crossed out] / with title [diagonally] numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.c.: "31" [sideways] numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "378"

Location:

Guangzhou; Guangdong Sheng; China;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

brickwork (masonry)
friezes (ornamental bands)
buildings
roofing tile
drainage piping
gable (architectural element)
masonry lattice walls
pawnshops
wooden siding (material)

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

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