PH1976:0062
architecture
after 24 October 1860 and before 16 November 1860
architecture
drawings
PH1979:0603.04:042
architecture
published 1874
View of the Hall of Prayer for a Good Harvest [Qinian Dian], Temple of Heaven [Tian Tan], Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1979:0603.04:042
drawings
published 1874
architecture
photographs
PH1984:1203:006
Description:
- The imprinted label was possibly included after the album was assembled.
architecture
1887 or before
View of the Hall of Prayer for a Good Harvest [Qinian Dian], Temple of Heaven [Tian Tan], Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1984:1203:006
Description:
- The imprinted label was possibly included after the album was assembled.
photographs
1887 or before
architecture
photographs
PH1986:0901:032
architecture
after 24 October and before 16 November 1860
View of the Hall of Prayer for a Good Harvest [Qinian Dian], Temple of Heaven [Tian Tan], Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1986:0901:032
photographs
after 24 October and before 16 November 1860
architecture
PH1982:0363:107
architecture
between 1862 and 1879
architecture
drawings
PH1979:0603.04:003
portrait
published 1874
drawings
published 1874
portrait
photographs
PH1986:0901:017
Description:
- The inscription accompanying this photograph refers to events between 18 September and 14 October 1860. On 18 September 1860, during the Second Opium War (1858-1860), 39 British and French civilians and soldiers were taken hostage by the Chinese. Among the hostages were Harry Smith Parkes, the British commissioner in Canton (now Guangzhou) and Henry Loch, private secretary to Lord Elgin, who were later released, and Captain Brabazon of the Royal Artillery, who was killed (Harris, p. 153).
engineering
between 21 September and 2 October 1860
View of the Palichao (now Baliqiao) bridge, Tung-chow (Tongzhou, also now known as Tongxian), near Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1986:0901:017
Description:
- The inscription accompanying this photograph refers to events between 18 September and 14 October 1860. On 18 September 1860, during the Second Opium War (1858-1860), 39 British and French civilians and soldiers were taken hostage by the Chinese. Among the hostages were Harry Smith Parkes, the British commissioner in Canton (now Guangzhou) and Henry Loch, private secretary to Lord Elgin, who were later released, and Captain Brabazon of the Royal Artillery, who was killed (Harris, p. 153).
photographs
between 21 September and 2 October 1860
engineering
drawings
PH1979:0603.04:004
portrait
published 1874
drawings
published 1874
portrait
photographs
PH1986:0347:002
Description:
- This photograph 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). 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.
architecture, landscape architecture
after 24 October 1860 and before 16 November 1860
View of the Forbidden City (also known as Zijincheng [Purple Forbidden Enclosure] and the Imperial Palace; now the Palace Museum), Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1986:0347:002
Description:
- This photograph 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). 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.
photographs
after 24 October 1860 and before 16 November 1860
architecture, landscape architecture
photographs
PH1986:0901:040:002
Description:
- This photograph 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). 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.
architecture, landscape architecture
after 24 October and before 16 November 1860
View of the Forbidden City (also known as Zijincheng [Purple Forbidden Enclosure] and the Imperial Palace; now the Palace Museum), Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1986:0901:040:002
Description:
- This photograph 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). 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.
photographs
after 24 October and before 16 November 1860
architecture, landscape architecture