drawings
PH1979:0603.04:047
Description:
- This photograph also shows in the right background the Temple of the Sea of Wisdom, the Revolving Archive and the Pavilion of Precious Clouds on Longevity Hill.
architecture, engineering
published 1874
View of the Seventeen-Arch Bridge with Longevity Hill [Wanshou Shan] in the background, 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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PH1979:0603.04:047
Description:
- This photograph also shows in the right background the Temple of the Sea of Wisdom, the Revolving Archive and the Pavilion of Precious Clouds on Longevity Hill.
drawings
published 1874
architecture, engineering
photographs
Quantity:
282 File
ARCH273947
1970s
photographs
Quantity:
282 File
1970s
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
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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
ARCH256564
1967
DR1987:0106:008
Description:
- A view of the artificial lake known as Virginia Water in Windsor Great Park, with the so-called "Mandarin Yacht" to the right and the Duke of Cumberland[?] and company foreground centre to left.
architecture, landscape architecture, topographic
1754 or 1755
View of the Chinese Junk from the north side of Virginia Water
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DR1987:0106:008
Description:
- A view of the artificial lake known as Virginia Water in Windsor Great Park, with the so-called "Mandarin Yacht" to the right and the Duke of Cumberland[?] and company foreground centre to left.
architecture, landscape architecture, topographic
ARCH281685
Description:
Tape is inscribed "2A" on one side and "2B" on the other.
circa 1970
Audio recording ofArthur Erickson taking a Chinese language lesson.
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ARCH281685
Description:
Tape is inscribed "2A" on one side and "2B" on the other.
circa 1970
ARCH281701
Description:
Tape is inscribed "3A" on one side.
circa 1970
Audio recording of Arthur Erickson taking a Chinese language lesson.
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ARCH281701
Description:
Tape is inscribed "3A" on one side.
circa 1970
photographs
PH1986:0901:020:002
Description:
- The title of a published identical image to PH1986:0901:020:002, "View of the Imperial Summer Palace, Yuen Ming Yuen, after the Burning, Taken from the Lake, 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, topographic
between 20 October and 2 November 1860
View of the Garden of the Clear Ripples [Qing Yi Yuan] (now known as the Summer Palace or Yihe Yuan), showing Kunming Lake and ruins on Wanshou Shan (also known as Longevity Hill), Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1986:0901:020:002
Description:
- The title of a published identical image to PH1986:0901:020:002, "View of the Imperial Summer Palace, Yuen Ming Yuen, after the Burning, Taken from the Lake, 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 20 October and 2 November 1860
architecture, landscape architecture, topographic
photographs
PH1986:0901:040:001-002
Description:
- This panorama 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). In PH1986:0901:040:001, Jingshan [Hill of Commanding Views] (also known as Coal Hill [Meishan] and Prospect Hill) is visible at upper left, the Ta-kao hsuan Hall (now Dagaoxuan Dian) temple complex is visible from centre left to centre right, and Shengwumen [Gate of Divine Might], the northern gate to the Forbidden City, is visible at extreme centre right. In PH1986:0901:040:002, 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.
architecture, landscape architecture
after 24 October and before 16 November 1860
Panorama of Jingshan (also known as Coal Hill or Prospect Hill), Ta-kao hsuan Hall (now Dagaoxuan Dian) temple complex, and the Forbidden City (also known as Zijincheng and the Imperial Palace; now the Palace Museum), Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1986:0901:040:001-002
Description:
- This panorama 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). In PH1986:0901:040:001, Jingshan [Hill of Commanding Views] (also known as Coal Hill [Meishan] and Prospect Hill) is visible at upper left, the Ta-kao hsuan Hall (now Dagaoxuan Dian) temple complex is visible from centre left to centre right, and Shengwumen [Gate of Divine Might], the northern gate to the Forbidden City, is visible at extreme centre right. In PH1986:0901:040:002, 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.
photographs
after 24 October and before 16 November 1860
architecture, landscape architecture
drawings
PH1979:0603.04:048
architecture
published 1874
drawings
published 1874
architecture