PH1982:0363:123 del
engineering
between 1862 and 1879
engineering
PH1982:0363:125 del
engineering
between 1862 and 1879
engineering
PH1982:0363:133-136 (087)
landscape architecture
between 1862 and 1879
landscape architecture
photographs
PH1986:0901:026:001-002
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
Panorama showing part of the walls and moat of the Inner City, with the Anting Gate (now Anding Men) in the background, and part of the Altar to Earth [Ditan] (also known as the Temple of Earth), Peking (now Beijing), China
Actions:
PH1986:0901:026:001-002
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
PH1982:0363:110 (068)
architecture
between 1862 and 1879
architecture
PH1982:0363:139 del
sculpture
between 1862 and 1879
sculpture
photographs
PH1984:1203:011
Description:
- The imprinted label was possibly included after the album was assembled.
sculpture
1887 or before
View of stone camels, elephants and other animal statues along the Spirit Road [Shen Dao] leading to the Ming Tombs [Ming Chen Ling], Changping county, near Peking (now Beijing), China
Actions:
PH1984:1203:011
Description:
- The imprinted label was possibly included after the album was assembled.
photographs
1887 or before
sculpture
PH1982:0363:135 del
architecture, landscape architecture
between 1862 and 1879
architecture, landscape architecture
PH1982:0363:137-139 (088)
sculpture
between 1862 and 1879
sculpture
drawings
PH1979:0603.04:005
portrait
published 1874
drawings
published 1874
portrait