PH1986:0901:020:001-002
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
Panorama of the Garden of the Clear Ripples [Qing Yi Yuan] (now the Summer Palace or Yihe Yuan) showing Kunming Lake, ruins on Wanshou Shan (also known as Longevity Hill), and Yuquan Shan (also known as Jade Spring Hill), Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1986:0901:020:001-002
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
PH1986:0901:025
architecture, ornament
after 6 October 1860
architecture, ornament
PH1986:0901:028:001-002
architecture, military
between 13 October and 24 October 1860
Panorama of the northeast corner watchtower, walls, and Dongzhi Gate of the Inner City, Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1986:0901:028:001-002
architecture, military
PH1986:0901:029
Description:
- This photograph was taken near the Anting Gate (now Anding Men), looking east along the top of the northern wall of the Inner City of Peking (now Beijing). - As Harris points out, this view shows the guns aimed toward rather than outward from the city, as is suggested by the title of a published identical image, "Top of the Wall of Pekin Taken Possession of on October 1860, Showing the Chinese Guns Directed against Our Batteries" (Harris, p. 145).
architecture, military
between 13 October and 24 October 1860
View of the top of the wall of the Inner City, showing cannons, with the Yonghe Gong [Lamasery of Harmony and Peace] (also known as the Lama Temple) in the background, Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1986:0901:029
Description:
- This photograph was taken near the Anting Gate (now Anding Men), looking east along the top of the northern wall of the Inner City of Peking (now Beijing). - As Harris points out, this view shows the guns aimed toward rather than outward from the city, as is suggested by the title of a published identical image, "Top of the Wall of Pekin Taken Possession of on October 1860, Showing the Chinese Guns Directed against Our Batteries" (Harris, p. 145).
architecture, military
PH1986:0901:037
Description:
- Harris notes that the standing figure on the right has been retouched (p. 150).
architecture, ornament
after 24 October and before 16 November 1860
View of shops in a street in the Outer City (also known as the Chinese City), Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1986:0901:037
Description:
- Harris notes that the standing figure on the right has been retouched (p. 150).
architecture, ornament
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
PH1988:0380:008:001-003
architecture
between 1858 and 1860
architecture
PH1988:0380:012
architecture
between 1858 and 1860
View of a minaret, possibly part of the Golden Temple, Amritsar, India
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PH1988:0380:012
architecture
PH1988:0380:021
architecture, military
between 1858 and 1860
architecture, military
PH1988:0380:025
architecture, military
between 1858 and 1860
View of the Naqqar Khana (or Drum House) of the Red Fort, Delhi, India
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PH1988:0380:025
architecture, military