PH1980:0939
architecture
1871
architecture
PH1982:0363:106
architecture
between 1862 and 1879
architecture
photographs
PH1986:0901:026:002
Description:
- This view looks west along the northern wall and moat of the Inner City of Peking (now Beijing). - On 11 October 1860, during the Second Opium War (1858-1860), the British and French forces positioned heavy siege guns along the southern wall (visible at c.l. to c.r. of PH1986:0901:026:002) of the Altar to Earth [Ditan] (also known as the Temple of Earth), threatening to bombard the walls of the Inner City of Peking (now Beijing) and demanding the surrender of the Anting Gate (now Anding Men) within forty-eight hours. The Chinese surrendered the gate at noon on 13 October 1860 (Harris, p. 145).
architecture, engineering, military
between 13 October and 24 October 1860
Partial view of the moat of the Inner City and part of the Altar to Earth [Ditan] (also known as the Temple of Earth), Peking (now Beijing), China
Actions:
PH1986:0901:026:002
Description:
- This view looks west along the northern wall and moat of the Inner City of Peking (now Beijing). - On 11 October 1860, during the Second Opium War (1858-1860), the British and French forces positioned heavy siege guns along the southern wall (visible at c.l. to c.r. of PH1986:0901:026:002) of the Altar to Earth [Ditan] (also known as the Temple of Earth), threatening to bombard the walls of the Inner City of Peking (now Beijing) and demanding the surrender of the Anting Gate (now Anding Men) within forty-eight hours. The Chinese surrendered the gate at noon on 13 October 1860 (Harris, p. 145).
photographs
between 13 October and 24 October 1860
architecture, engineering, military
PH1982:0363:146
architecture, landscape architecture, sculpture
between 1862 and 1879
architecture, landscape architecture, sculpture
drawings
PH1979:0603.04:012
architecture, portrait
published 1874
drawings
published 1874
architecture, portrait
drawings
PH1979:0603.04:057
architecture, engineering, military
published 1874
View of an arched gate in the Great Wall of China, Kew-yung-kwan (now Juyong Guan) Village, Peking (now Beijing), China
Actions:
PH1979:0603.04:057
drawings
published 1874
architecture, engineering, military
photographs
PH1986:0901:001
portrait
2 November 1860
photographs
2 November 1860
portrait
drawings
PH1979:0603.04:049
sculpture
published 1874
View of animal statues along the Spirit Road [Shen Dao] leading to the Ming Tombs [Ming Chen Ling], Peking (now Beijing), China
Actions:
PH1979:0603.04:049
drawings
published 1874
sculpture
drawings
PH1979:0603.04:002
portrait
published 1874
drawings
published 1874
portrait
photographs
PH1986:0901:035
architecture, military
29 October 1860
photographs
29 October 1860
architecture, military