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Reference number:
PH1986:0901:016
PH1986:0901:016
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Subject:
architecture
architecture
Date:
23 September 1860
23 September 1860
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
23 September 1860
23 September 1860
People:
Subject:
architecture
architecture
Form:
photographs
photographs
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Reference number:
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
People:
Subject:
engineering
engineering
Form:
photographs
photographs
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Reference number:
PH1986:0901:020:001
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).
PH1986:0901:020:001
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).
People:
Subject:
architecture, landscape architecture, topographic
architecture, landscape architecture, topographic
Date:
between 20 October and 2 November 1860
between 20 October and 2 November 1860
Title:
View of the Garden of the Clear Ripples [Qing Yi Yuan] (now known as the Summer Palace or Yihe Yuan), showing Kunming Lake, with Yuquan Shan (also known as Jade Spring Hill) in the background, Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1986:0901:020:001
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).
View of the Garden of the Clear Ripples [Qing Yi Yuan] (now known as the Summer Palace or Yihe Yuan), showing Kunming Lake, with Yuquan Shan (also known as Jade Spring Hill) in the background, Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1986:0901:020:001
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).
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
between 20 October and 2 November 1860
between 20 October and 2 November 1860
People:
Subject:
architecture, landscape architecture, topographic
architecture, landscape architecture, topographic
Form:
photographs
photographs
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Reference number:
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).
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).
People:
Subject:
architecture, landscape architecture, topographic
architecture, landscape architecture, topographic
Date:
between 20 October and 2 November 1860
between 20 October and 2 November 1860
Title:
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
Actions:
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).
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
Actions:
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).
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
between 20 October and 2 November 1860
between 20 October and 2 November 1860
People:
Subject:
architecture, landscape architecture, topographic
architecture, landscape architecture, topographic
Form:
photographs
photographs
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Reference number:
PH1986:0901:021
Description:
- The title of a published identical image, "View of the Summer Palace, Yuen Ming Yuen, Showing the Pagoda before the Burning" 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).
PH1986:0901:021
Description:
- The title of a published identical image, "View of the Summer Palace, Yuen Ming Yuen, Showing the Pagoda before the Burning" 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, topographic
architecture, landscape architecture, topographic
Date:
between 6 October and 18 October 1860
between 6 October and 18 October 1860
Title:
View of the Pagoda of Many Treasures [Duobao Ta], Garden of the Clear Ripples [Qing Yi Yuan] (now known as the Summer Palace or Yihe Yuan), Peking (now Beijing), China
Actions:
PH1986:0901:021
Description:
- The title of a published identical image, "View of the Summer Palace, Yuen Ming Yuen, Showing the Pagoda before the Burning" 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 the Pagoda of Many Treasures [Duobao Ta], 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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PH1986:0901:021
Description:
- The title of a published identical image, "View of the Summer Palace, Yuen Ming Yuen, Showing the Pagoda before the Burning" 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, topographic
architecture, landscape architecture, topographic
Form:
photographs
photographs
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Reference number:
PH1986:0901:022
Description:
- The title of a published identical image, "The Yuan Ming Yuan (The Old Summer Palace)" is inaccurate, as Yuan Ming Yuan (also known as 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).
PH1986:0901:022
Description:
- The title of a published identical image, "The Yuan Ming Yuan (The Old Summer Palace)" is inaccurate, as Yuan Ming Yuan (also known as 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 the Belvedere of the God of Literature [Wen Chang Di Jun Ge] (now known as the Studio of Literary Prosperity or Wen Chang Ge), Garden of the Clear Ripples [Qing Yi Yuan] (now known as the Summer Palace or Yihe Yuan), Peking (now Beijing), China
Actions:
PH1986:0901:022
Description:
- The title of a published identical image, "The Yuan Ming Yuan (The Old Summer Palace)" is inaccurate, as Yuan Ming Yuan (also known as 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 the Belvedere of the God of Literature [Wen Chang Di Jun Ge] (now known as the Studio of Literary Prosperity or Wen Chang Ge), Garden of the Clear Ripples [Qing Yi Yuan] (now known as the Summer Palace or Yihe Yuan), Peking (now Beijing), China
Actions:
PH1986:0901:022
Description:
- The title of a published identical image, "The Yuan Ming Yuan (The Old Summer Palace)" is inaccurate, as Yuan Ming Yuan (also known as 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
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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:
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).
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).
People:
Subject:
architecture, engineering, military
architecture, engineering, military
Date:
between 13 October and 24 October 1860
between 13 October and 24 October 1860
Title:
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
Actions:
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).
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
Actions:
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).
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:
photographs
photographs
Actions:
Reference number:
PH1986:0901:026:001
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).
PH1986:0901:026:001
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 walls and moat of the Inner City, with the Anting Gate (now Anding Men) in the background, Peking (now Beijing), China
Actions:
PH1986:0901:026:001
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 walls and moat of the Inner City, with the Anting Gate (now Anding Men) in the background, Peking (now Beijing), China
Actions:
PH1986:0901:026:001
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:
photographs
photographs
Actions:
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
