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Form:
photographs
photographs
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Reference number:
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).
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).
People:
Subject:
architecture, engineering, military
architecture, engineering, military
Date:
between 13 October and 24 October 1860
between 13 October and 24 October 1860
Title:
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).
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).
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
between 13 October and 24 October 1860
between 13 October and 24 October 1860
People:
Subject:
architecture, engineering, military
architecture, engineering, military
Form:
drawings
drawings
Actions:
Reference number:
PH1979:0603.04:012
PH1979:0603.04:012
People:
Subject:
architecture, portrait
architecture, portrait
Date:
published 1874
published 1874
Form:
drawings
drawings
Date:
published 1874
published 1874
People:
Subject:
architecture, portrait
architecture, portrait
Form:
drawings
drawings
Actions:
Reference number:
PH1979:0603.04:057
PH1979:0603.04:057
People:
Subject:
architecture, engineering, military
architecture, engineering, military
Date:
published 1874
published 1874
Title:
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
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
Form:
drawings
drawings
Date:
published 1874
published 1874
People:
Subject:
architecture, engineering, military
architecture, engineering, military
Form:
photographs
photographs
Actions:
Reference number:
PH1986:0901:001
PH1986:0901:001
People:
Subject:
portrait
portrait
Date:
2 November 1860
2 November 1860
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
2 November 1860
2 November 1860
People:
Subject:
portrait
portrait
Form:
drawings
drawings
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Reference number:
PH1979:0603.04:049
PH1979:0603.04:049
People:
Subject:
sculpture
sculpture
Date:
published 1874
published 1874
Title:
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
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
Form:
drawings
drawings
Date:
published 1874
published 1874
People:
Subject:
sculpture
sculpture
Form:
drawings
drawings
Actions:
Reference number:
PH1979:0603.04:002
PH1979:0603.04:002
People:
Subject:
portrait
portrait
Date:
published 1874
published 1874
Form:
drawings
drawings
Date:
published 1874
published 1874
People:
Subject:
portrait
portrait
Form:
photographs
photographs
Actions:
Reference number:
PH1986:0901:035
PH1986:0901:035
People:
Subject:
architecture, military
architecture, military
Date:
29 October 1860
29 October 1860
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
29 October 1860
29 October 1860
People:
Subject:
architecture, military
architecture, military
Form:
photographs
photographs
Actions:
Reference number:
ARCH274486
ARCH274486
People:
Date:
early 1970s
early 1970s
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
early 1970s
early 1970s
People:
Form:
photographs
photographs
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Reference number:
PH1986:0901:023
Description:
- The inscription at l.c.: "The same", refers to photograph PH1986:0901:022 which immediately precedes this photograph in album PH1986:0901:001-045 and which is another view showing part of the Garden of the Clear Ripples [Qing Yi Yuan] (now known as the Summer Palace or Yihe Yuan). - The title of a published identical image, "The Great Imperial Palace, Yuen Ming Yuen, before the Burning, Pekin" is inaccurate, as Yuen Ming Yuen (now Yuanming Yuan) [Garden of Perfect Clarity], though near the Garden of the Clear Ripples [Qing Yi Yuan] (now known as the Summer Palace or Yihe Yuan), is a separate garden complex (Naquin, pp. 312-314).
PH1986:0901:023
Description:
- The inscription at l.c.: "The same", refers to photograph PH1986:0901:022 which immediately precedes this photograph in album PH1986:0901:001-045 and which is another view showing part of the Garden of the Clear Ripples [Qing Yi Yuan] (now known as the Summer Palace or Yihe Yuan). - The title of a published identical image, "The Great Imperial Palace, Yuen Ming Yuen, before the Burning, Pekin" is inaccurate, as Yuen Ming Yuen (now Yuanming Yuan) [Garden of Perfect Clarity], though near the Garden of the Clear Ripples [Qing Yi Yuan] (now known as the Summer Palace or Yihe Yuan), is a separate garden complex (Naquin, pp. 312-314).
People:
Subject:
architecture, landscape architecture
architecture, landscape architecture
Date:
between 6 October and 18 October 1860
between 6 October and 18 October 1860
Title:
View of a building in Garden of the Clear Ripples [Qing Yi Yuan] (now known as the Summer Palace or Yihe Yuan), Peking (now Beijing), China
Actions:
PH1986:0901:023
Description:
- The inscription at l.c.: "The same", refers to photograph PH1986:0901:022 which immediately precedes this photograph in album PH1986:0901:001-045 and which is another view showing part of the Garden of the Clear Ripples [Qing Yi Yuan] (now known as the Summer Palace or Yihe Yuan). - The title of a published identical image, "The Great Imperial Palace, Yuen Ming Yuen, before the Burning, Pekin" is inaccurate, as Yuen Ming Yuen (now Yuanming Yuan) [Garden of Perfect Clarity], though near the Garden of the Clear Ripples [Qing Yi Yuan] (now known as the Summer Palace or Yihe Yuan), is a separate garden complex (Naquin, pp. 312-314).
View of a building in Garden of the Clear Ripples [Qing Yi Yuan] (now known as the Summer Palace or Yihe Yuan), Peking (now Beijing), China
Actions:
PH1986:0901:023
Description:
- The inscription at l.c.: "The same", refers to photograph PH1986:0901:022 which immediately precedes this photograph in album PH1986:0901:001-045 and which is another view showing part of the Garden of the Clear Ripples [Qing Yi Yuan] (now known as the Summer Palace or Yihe Yuan). - The title of a published identical image, "The Great Imperial Palace, Yuen Ming Yuen, before the Burning, Pekin" is inaccurate, as Yuen Ming Yuen (now Yuanming Yuan) [Garden of Perfect Clarity], though near the Garden of the Clear Ripples [Qing Yi Yuan] (now known as the Summer Palace or Yihe Yuan), is a separate garden complex (Naquin, pp. 312-314).
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
between 6 October and 18 October 1860
between 6 October and 18 October 1860
People:
Subject:
architecture, landscape architecture
architecture, landscape architecture
Form:
photographs
photographs
Actions:
Reference number:
PH1984:1203:003
PH1984:1203:003
People:
Subject:
architecture, ornament
architecture, ornament
Date:
1887 or before
1887 or before
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
1887 or before
1887 or before
People:
Subject:
architecture, ornament
architecture, ornament
