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PH1979:0603.04:003
PH1979:0603.04:003
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portrait
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published 1874
published 1874
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published 1874
published 1874
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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).
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).
People:
Subject:
engineering
engineering
Date:
between 21 September and 2 October 1860
between 21 September and 2 October 1860
Title:
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).
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).
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photographs
photographs
Date:
between 21 September and 2 October 1860
between 21 September and 2 October 1860
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engineering
engineering
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photographs
photographs
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Reference number:
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.
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.
People:
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architecture, landscape architecture
architecture, landscape architecture
Date:
after 24 October 1860 and before 16 November 1860
after 24 October 1860 and before 16 November 1860
Title:
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.
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.
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photographs
photographs
Date:
after 24 October 1860 and before 16 November 1860
after 24 October 1860 and before 16 November 1860
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architecture, landscape architecture
architecture, landscape architecture
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photographs
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Reference number:
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.
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.
People:
Subject:
architecture, landscape architecture
architecture, landscape architecture
Date:
after 24 October and before 16 November 1860
after 24 October and before 16 November 1860
Title:
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.
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.
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photographs
photographs
Date:
after 24 October and before 16 November 1860
after 24 October and before 16 November 1860
People:
Subject:
architecture, landscape architecture
architecture, landscape architecture
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drawings
drawings
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Reference number:
PH1979:0603.04:004
PH1979:0603.04:004
People:
Subject:
portrait
portrait
Date:
published 1874
published 1874
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drawings
drawings
Date:
published 1874
published 1874
People:
Subject:
portrait
portrait
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).
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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
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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
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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).
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photographs
photographs
Date:
between 13 October and 24 October 1860
between 13 October and 24 October 1860
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architecture, engineering, military
architecture, engineering, military
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photographs
photographs
![View of the principal façade of the Hall of Great Achievement [Dacheng Dian], Temple of Confucius [Kong Miao] Peking (now Beijing), China](/img-collection/I1UrROxnsf_BZzoCzqRrEm0xspc=/500x375/13061.jpg)
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PH1982:0363:106 (064)
PH1982:0363:106 (064)
People:
Subject:
architecture
architecture
Date:
between 1862 and 1879
between 1862 and 1879
Title:
View of the principal façade of the Hall of Great Achievement [Dacheng Dian], Temple of Confucius [Kong Miao] Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1982:0363:106 (064)
View of the principal façade of the Hall of Great Achievement [Dacheng Dian], Temple of Confucius [Kong Miao] Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1982:0363:106 (064)
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photographs
photographs
Date:
between 1862 and 1879
between 1862 and 1879
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Subject:
architecture
architecture
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photographs
photographs
![View of the ruins of the Glazed Pagoda [Liuli Ta] in the Fragrant Hill Park [Xiangshan Yuan] near Peking (now Beijing), China](/img-collection/XfcAtBuTvj_TVBNdVFa62MsBGcc=/500x420/359139.jpg)
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PH1980:0939
PH1980:0939
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Subject:
architecture
architecture
Date:
1871
1871
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photographs
photographs
Date:
1871
1871
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Subject:
architecture
architecture
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photographs
photographs
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PH1982:0363:146 (094)
PH1982:0363:146 (094)
People:
Subject:
architecture, landscape architecture, sculpture
architecture, landscape architecture, sculpture
Date:
between 1862 and 1879
between 1862 and 1879
Title:
Statues of animal along the Spirit Road with the Phoenix and Dragon Gate in the background, Ming Tombs, near Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1982:0363:146 (094)
Statues of animal along the Spirit Road with the Phoenix and Dragon Gate in the background, Ming Tombs, near Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1982:0363:146 (094)
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photographs
photographs
Date:
between 1862 and 1879
between 1862 and 1879
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Subject:
architecture, landscape architecture, sculpture
architecture, landscape architecture, sculpture
Form:
drawings
drawings
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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
