PH1986:0901:039
Description:
- This photograph was taken from the top of Jingshan [Hill of Commanding Views] (also known as Coal Hill [Meishan] and Prospect Hill) looking northwest. - At the time the photo was taken, the North Lake [Beihai], which is visible at centre right, had been drained (Harris, p. 148). The East Gate to Western Garden [Xi Yuan] (now Beihai Park) is visible slightly left of centre and the conical roofed building at centre left is the northern-most building within the Daoist Ta-kao hsuan Hall (now Dagaoxuan Dian) temple complex.
architecture, landscape architecture, topographic
29 October 1860
Panoramic view of a section of the Imperial City showing Jade Flowery Island [Qionghua Dao], the White Pagoda [Bai Ta], part of North Lake [Beihai] and other structures in the Western Garden (now Beihai Park), Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1986:0901:039
Description:
- This photograph was taken from the top of Jingshan [Hill of Commanding Views] (also known as Coal Hill [Meishan] and Prospect Hill) looking northwest. - At the time the photo was taken, the North Lake [Beihai], which is visible at centre right, had been drained (Harris, p. 148). The East Gate to Western Garden [Xi Yuan] (now Beihai Park) is visible slightly left of centre and the conical roofed building at centre left is the northern-most building within the Daoist Ta-kao hsuan Hall (now Dagaoxuan Dian) temple complex.
architecture, landscape architecture, topographic
PH2000:0532
architecture
1914
architecture
PH1986:0901:015:001
Description:
- This photograph is one in a series of views which Felice Beato made of the four Taku Forts (Harris, p. 139; Worswick, p. 138). - This photograph was made from the Great South Taku Fort looking north across the walls of the fort and the Pei (now Hai) River toward the Gulf of Chihli (now Bo Hai) (Harris, p. 143). - A copy print of this panorama under the title "Interior of South Taku Fort and Showing the Place of Landing June 25th 1859" is reproduced in Harris on pages 68-69 (cat. no. 23), and a copy print of PH1986:0901:015:002 (p. 167, fig. 23-3) under the title "Pei-Ho River and Taku Fort II" is reproduced in Harris on p. 167 (fig. 23-3).
architecture, engineering, military, topographic
between 22 August and 21 September 1860
View showing part of the Great South Taku Fort and the Pei (now Hai) River delta, with the upper South Taku Fort and the Upper North Taku Fort in the background, Taku (now Dagu), near Tientsin (now Tianjin), China
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PH1986:0901:015:001
Description:
- This photograph is one in a series of views which Felice Beato made of the four Taku Forts (Harris, p. 139; Worswick, p. 138). - This photograph was made from the Great South Taku Fort looking north across the walls of the fort and the Pei (now Hai) River toward the Gulf of Chihli (now Bo Hai) (Harris, p. 143). - A copy print of this panorama under the title "Interior of South Taku Fort and Showing the Place of Landing June 25th 1859" is reproduced in Harris on pages 68-69 (cat. no. 23), and a copy print of PH1986:0901:015:002 (p. 167, fig. 23-3) under the title "Pei-Ho River and Taku Fort II" is reproduced in Harris on p. 167 (fig. 23-3).
architecture, engineering, military, topographic
PH1981:0490
Description:
- This photograph shows a bridge connecting the Government Building to the Fisheries Building on the left across the Lagoon.
architecture, temporary architecture
1892
View of the north and west façades of the Government Building from the Wooded Island with the Fire and Guardhouse on the right and the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building in the background, 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois
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PH1981:0490
Description:
- This photograph shows a bridge connecting the Government Building to the Fisheries Building on the left across the Lagoon.
architecture, temporary architecture
photographs
PH1980:0380:001
Description:
- This photograph is one in a series of views which Felice Beato made of the four Taku Forts (Harris, p. 139; Worswick, p. 138). - This photograph was made from the Great South Taku Fort looking north across the walls of the fort and the Pei (now Hai) River toward the Gulf of Chihli (now Bo Hai) (Harris, p. 143). - A copy print of this panorama under the title "Interior of South Taku Fort and Showing the Place of Landing June 25th 1859" is reproduced in Harris on pages 68-69 (cat. no. 23), and a copy print of PH1980:0380:002 (p. 167, fig. 23-3) under the title "Pei-Ho River and Taku Fort II" is reproduced in Harris on p. 167 (fig. 23-3).
architecture, engineering, military, topographic
between 22 August and 21 September 1860
View showing part of the Great South Taku Fort and the Pei (now Hai) River delta, with the upper South Taku Fort and the Upper North Taku Fort in the background, Taku (now Dagu), near Tientsin (now Tianjin), China
Actions:
PH1980:0380:001
Description:
- This photograph is one in a series of views which Felice Beato made of the four Taku Forts (Harris, p. 139; Worswick, p. 138). - This photograph was made from the Great South Taku Fort looking north across the walls of the fort and the Pei (now Hai) River toward the Gulf of Chihli (now Bo Hai) (Harris, p. 143). - A copy print of this panorama under the title "Interior of South Taku Fort and Showing the Place of Landing June 25th 1859" is reproduced in Harris on pages 68-69 (cat. no. 23), and a copy print of PH1980:0380:002 (p. 167, fig. 23-3) under the title "Pei-Ho River and Taku Fort II" is reproduced in Harris on p. 167 (fig. 23-3).
photographs
between 22 August and 21 September 1860
architecture, engineering, military, topographic
drawings
DR1984:1506
architecture
1979
drawings
1979
architecture
drawings
DR2007:0032:002
2007
drawings
2007
PH1987:1188
1852
PH1981:0997:017
architecture
1859
architecture
born digital
DR2007:0032:001
Description:
1 disque compact contenant 1 fichier
2007
Vue de la Pépinière de la ville de Montréal, l'Assomption, de la résidence Minton Hill, North Hatley, de la toiture de l'Hôtel de ville de Montréal et des habitations Saint-Ambroise, Montréal, avec dédicace à Phyllis Lambert
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DR2007:0032:001
Description:
1 disque compact contenant 1 fichier
born digital
2007