drawings
AP179.S3.086
circa 2002
Elevations, plans and details for phase I, Tongxian Art Center, Beijing
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AP179.S3.086
drawings
circa 2002
textual records
AP179.S3.099
circa 2002
textual records
circa 2002
drawings
AP179.S3.102
2001
Elevations, sections and plans for phase II, Tongxian Art Center, Beijing
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AP179.S3.102
drawings
2001
photographs
AP179.S3.104
circa 2002
Slides of drawings, model, renderings and site, Tongxian Art Center, Beijing
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AP179.S3.104
photographs
circa 2002
photographs
PH1986:0901:027
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- On 11 October 1860, during the Second Opium War (1858-1860), the British and French forces positioned heavy siege guns along the southern wall of the Altar to Earth [Ditan] (also known as the Temple of Earth) facing the Anting Gate (now Anding Men) and northern wall of the Inner City of Peking (now Beijing), which they threatened to bombard unless the Chinese surrendered the Anting Gate (now Anding Men) within forty-eight hours. The gate was surrendered at noon on 13 October 1860 (Harris, p. 143, p. 145). - At c.l. on the secondary support is a freehand plan drawing of the Anting Gate (now Anding Men), depicting its walls, two watchtowers and two gateways, and illustrating the traffic flow through the enclosed bastion [wengcheng] (Qi and Qi, p. 4).
architecture, military
between 13 October and 24 October 1860
View of the Anting Gate (now Anding Men), Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1986:0901:027
Description:
- On 11 October 1860, during the Second Opium War (1858-1860), the British and French forces positioned heavy siege guns along the southern wall of the Altar to Earth [Ditan] (also known as the Temple of Earth) facing the Anting Gate (now Anding Men) and northern wall of the Inner City of Peking (now Beijing), which they threatened to bombard unless the Chinese surrendered the Anting Gate (now Anding Men) within forty-eight hours. The gate was surrendered at noon on 13 October 1860 (Harris, p. 143, p. 145). - At c.l. on the secondary support is a freehand plan drawing of the Anting Gate (now Anding Men), depicting its walls, two watchtowers and two gateways, and illustrating the traffic flow through the enclosed bastion [wengcheng] (Qi and Qi, p. 4).
photographs
between 13 October and 24 October 1860
architecture, military
PH1982:0363:114 (072)
architecture
between 1862 and 1879
View of the Temple of Heaven [Tian Tan], Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1982:0363:114 (072)
architecture
drawings
PH1979:0603.04:019
portrait
published 1874
Portrait of a woman wearing a fur hat, Peking (now Beijing) [?], China
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PH1979:0603.04:019
drawings
published 1874
portrait
drawings
PH1979:0603.04:025
architecture
published 1874
View of a brick structure under a tent, Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1979:0603.04:025
drawings
published 1874
architecture
drawings
PH1979:0603.04:027
architecture, portrait
published 1874
Portrait of a peepshow operator and two viewers, Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1979:0603.04:027
drawings
published 1874
architecture, portrait
textual records
AP179.S3.052
circa 2002
Information and brochures for heating and cooling systems, Tongxian Art Center, Beijing
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AP179.S3.052
textual records
circa 2002