photographs
PH1979:0449:005
architecture
1858
View of the main portal of the Kaisarbagh [Caesar's Garden] Palace complex, Lucknow, India
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PH1979:0449:005
photographs
1858
architecture
photographs
PH1979:0449:002
architecture
between 1858 and 1860
photographs
between 1858 and 1860
architecture
photographs
PH1986:0901:005
architecture, engineering, military, topographic
between 2 August and 12 August 1860
View of the southern Pehtang Fort, Pehtang (now Beitang), near Tientsin (now Tianjin), China
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PH1986:0901:005
photographs
between 2 August and 12 August 1860
architecture, engineering, military, topographic
photographs
PH1986:0901:006:001-002
Description:
- The British soldier at c.l. is seated directly in front of the point where the French forces broke through the walls and entered the fort; the British entrance is about a half-mile to the right (Harris, p. 138).
architecture, engineering, military, topographic
between 14 August and 20 August 1860
Panorama showing the Tangku Fort, defensive walls, moats and a causeway, Tangku (now Tanggu), near Tientsin (now Tianjin), China
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PH1986:0901:006:001-002
Description:
- The British soldier at c.l. is seated directly in front of the point where the French forces broke through the walls and entered the fort; the British entrance is about a half-mile to the right (Harris, p. 138).
photographs
between 14 August and 20 August 1860
architecture, engineering, military, topographic
photographs
PH1986:0901:006:001
Description:
- The British soldier at c. is seated directly in front of the point where the French forces broke through the walls and entered the fort; the British entrance is about a half-mile to the right (Harris, p. 138).
architecture, engineering, military, topographic
between 14 August and 20 August 1860
View showing the Tangku Fort, defensive walls, moats and a causeway, Tangku (now Tanggu), near Tientsin (now Tianjin), China
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PH1986:0901:006:001
Description:
- The British soldier at c. is seated directly in front of the point where the French forces broke through the walls and entered the fort; the British entrance is about a half-mile to the right (Harris, p. 138).
photographs
between 14 August and 20 August 1860
architecture, engineering, military, topographic
photographs
PH1986:0901:006:002
architecture, engineering, military, topographic
between 14 August and 20 August 1860
View showing the Tangku Fort, defensive walls, moats and a causeway, Tangku (now Tanggu), near Tientsin (now Tianjin), China
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PH1986:0901:006:002
photographs
between 14 August and 20 August 1860
architecture, engineering, military, topographic
photographs
PH1986:0901:016
architecture
23 September 1860
photographs
23 September 1860
architecture
photographs
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).
engineering
between 21 September and 2 October 1860
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).
photographs
between 21 September and 2 October 1860
engineering
photographs
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).
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, 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).
photographs
between 20 October and 2 November 1860
architecture, landscape architecture, topographic
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