View of a garden through an octagonal gateway, possibly in the Hualin Buddhist Temple, Canton (now Guangzhou), China

People:

Unknown (photographer)

Title:

View of a garden through an octagonal gateway, possibly in the Hualin Buddhist Temple, Canton (now Guangzhou), China

Date:

between 1862 and 1879

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print from glass negative

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.8 x 24.2 cm secondary support: 29.4 x 38.7 cm

Reference number:

PH1985:0543

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Photographs PH1985:0543 and PH1985:0544 are adhered to the same secondary support. There is a strip of binding tape attached to the left edge of the secondary support.

Inscription:

imprinted and numbered - in black ink, on a paper label attached to the secondary support, l.l to l.r.: "CANTON. / 266 [in graphite] No. 241 [crossed out in graphite] -", and with title

Location:

Guangzhou; Guangdong Sheng; China;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

garden
courtyard
brickwork (masonry)
windows
wall
fretwork
paving
inscription
planters (containers)
octagonal gateway
bamboo stays (architectural elements)

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

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