Panorama of Jingshan (also known as Coal Hill or Prospect Hill), the Ta-kao hsuan Hall (now Dagaoxuan Dian) temple complex, and the Forbidden City (also known as Zijincheng and the Imperial Palace; now the Palace Museum), Peking (now Beijing), China

People:

Felice Beato (photographer)
Ming Chengzu, Emperor of China (role unspecified)
Qianlong, Emperor of China (role unspecified)
Kublai Khan (role unspecified)
Ming Shizong, Emperor of China (role unspecified)

Title:

Date:

after 24 October 1860 and before 16 November 1860

Description:

- This panorama was taken from the base of the White Pagoda [Bai Ta] (now also known as the White Dagoba), Western Garden [Xi Yuan] (now Beihai Park), Peking (now Beijing), China (Harris, p. 147). In PH1986:0347:001, Jingshan [Hill of Commanding Views] (also known as Coal Hill [Meishan] and Prospect Hill) is visible at upper left, the Ta-kao hsuan Hall (now Dagaoxuan Dian) temple complex is visible from centre left to centre right, and Shengwumen [Gate of Divine Might], the northern gate to the Forbidden City, is visible at extreme centre right. In PH1986:0347:002, the Forbidden City is visible from centre left to centre right and the west wall and a building at the southwest corner of the Ta-kao hsuan Hall (now Dagaoxuan Dian) temple complex are visible at centre left.

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 panorama(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver prints from glass plate negatives

Dimensions:

comps. (visible images; joined): 23.1 x 57.3 cm (9 1/8 x 22 9/16 in.) secondary support: 37.8 x 43.2 cm (14 7/8 x 17 in.)

Reference number:

PH1986:0347:001-002

Point of View:

exterior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Photographs PH1986:0347:001 and PH1986:0347:002 are adhered together on the same secondary support to form panorama PH1986:0347:001-002. The left edge of photograph PH1986:0347:002 (the right photo of the panorama) is covered by the right edge of photograph PH1986:0347:001 where the two photos are attached. There are traces of another page affixed to the left edge of the secondary support.

Inscription:

dated and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.r.: "Oct. / Beato - 1860" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and brown ink, on the secondary support, l.c.: with title

Location:

Beijing; China;

Subject:

architecture
landscape architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

walls
palaces
temples
towers (building divisions)
hill
landscape gardens
belvederes

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

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