photographs
PH1981:0620:060
Description:
- A hand-written table of contents accompanies album PH1981:0620:001-081.
architecture
between 1859 and 1877
Panoramic view of Canton (now Guangzhou) showing Shameen (now Shamian) Island and the Pearl River (also known as the Canton River, now Zhujiang), China
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PH1981:0620:060
Description:
- A hand-written table of contents accompanies album PH1981:0620:001-081.
photographs
between 1859 and 1877
architecture
PH1980:0814
engineering, topographic
1979
engineering, topographic
PH1984:0311
Description:
- This composite photograph is a view of China Basin harbour showing Mission Rock public launching ramp in the foreground, with Pier 52 from centre left to centre right, Pier 54 at upper right, and Mission Rock Terminal (also known as Pier 50) in the background from centre left to centre.
architecture, engineering, military
1982 or 1983
Panoramic composite photograph of China Basin harbour showing piers, docks and ships, with Mission Rock Terminal (also known as Pier 50) in the background, San Francisco, United States
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PH1984:0311
Description:
- This composite photograph is a view of China Basin harbour showing Mission Rock public launching ramp in the foreground, with Pier 52 from centre left to centre right, Pier 54 at upper right, and Mission Rock Terminal (also known as Pier 50) in the background from centre left to centre.
architecture, engineering, military
drawings
PH1979:0603.03:003
architecture
published 1874
drawings
published 1874
architecture
photographs
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).
architecture, landscape architecture
between 6 October and 18 October 1860
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
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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).
photographs
between 6 October and 18 October 1860
architecture, landscape architecture
photographs
PH1980:0206:001
architecture
between 1865 and 1874
photographs
between 1865 and 1874
architecture
photographs
PH1986:0901:007
Description:
- This photograph is the first in a series of views which Felice Beato made of the four Taku Forts (Harris, p. 139; Worswick, p. 138). The gate at c.l. is the point where the British forces entered the fort, while the French forces entered via the ladders at c.r. (Harris, p. 139).
architecture, engineering, military
between 22 August and 21 September 1860
View of the ruins of the Upper North Taku Fort, showing an earthwork cavalier and defensive walls, Taku (now Dagu), near Tientsin (now Tianjin), China
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PH1986:0901:007
Description:
- This photograph is the first in a series of views which Felice Beato made of the four Taku Forts (Harris, p. 139; Worswick, p. 138). The gate at c.l. is the point where the British forces entered the fort, while the French forces entered via the ladders at c.r. (Harris, p. 139).
photographs
between 22 August and 21 September 1860
architecture, engineering, military
photographs
PH1984:1203:003
architecture, ornament
1887 or before
photographs
1887 or before
architecture, ornament
PH1986:0901:004:009
architecture, engineering, military, topographic
between 2 August and 4 August 1860
architecture, engineering, military, topographic
photographs
PH1982:0643:096
Description:
- Photographs PH1982:0643:067 and PH1982:0643:096 show the same sedan chair at the Race Course at Happy Valley (also known as Wong Nei Chong Valley) and were probably taken by the same photographer or photographic studio.
architecture, topographic
between 1860 and 1879
View of a sedan chair, two bearers* and the Race Course at Happy Valley (also known as Wong Nei Chong Valley), Hong Kong (now Hong Kong, China)
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PH1982:0643:096
Description:
- Photographs PH1982:0643:067 and PH1982:0643:096 show the same sedan chair at the Race Course at Happy Valley (also known as Wong Nei Chong Valley) and were probably taken by the same photographer or photographic studio.
photographs
between 1860 and 1879
architecture, topographic