• Felice Beato (photographer)

Panorama showing the southern Pehtang Fort, the town of Pehtang (now Beitang), and the Pehtang (now Beitang) River delta, with the northern Pehtang Fort in the background, near Tientsin (now Tianjin), China

between 2 August and 4 August 1860

Albumen silver prints

comp. (approx.; visible images; joined): 21.9 x 259.4 cm (8 5/8 x 102 1/8 in.) secondary support (approx.): 21.9 x 259.4 cm (8 5/8 x 102 1/8 in.) tertiary support (bound): 36.7 x 52 cm (14 7/16 x 20 1/2 in.)

PH1986:0901:004:001-009

• exterior views

- Photographs PH1986:0901:004:001, PH1986:0901:004:002, PH1986:0901:004:003, PH1986:0901:004:004, PH1986:0901:004:005, PH1986:0901:004:006, PH1986:0901:004:007, PH1986:0901:004:008 and PH1986:0901:004:009 are adhered to the same secondary support to form panorama PH1986:0901:004:001-009. The secondary support comprises six pieces of paper successively joined with cloth tape. The left edge of PH1986:0901:004:001 is curled.

dated and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the tertiary support, l.c.: with title inscribed and numbered - on PH1986:0901:004:001, by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, l.c.: "No 3 Peh-tang Landing [illeg.] of / Army" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the tertiary support, l.c.: "3" inscribed and numbered - on PH1986:0901:004:002, by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, l.r.: "No 3" inscribed - on PH1986:0901:004:001, by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, u.c.: "Peh-tang / landing place of the [illeg.]" [seen in mirror image through recto of photograph]

Beitang; Tianjin; China;

• architecture
• architecture temporaire
• ingénierie
• militaire
• topographique

• temple
• brickwork (masonry)
• gateway
• casemates
• earthworks (engineering works)
• mud structures (single built works)
• ramps
• ships
• tents
• buildings
• forts
• moat
• town
• flag-poles
• cannons (artillery)
• battlements
• defensive walls
• barracks
• river delta
• cavaliers (fortification elements)

Contient:

• PH1986:0901:004:001, View showing the Pehtang (now Beitang) River delta and part of a moat, near Tientsin (now Tianjin), China, between 2 August and 4 August 1860
• PH1986:0901:004:002, View showing the Pehtang (now Beitang) River delta and part of a moat, near Tientsin (now Tianjin), China, between 2 August and 4 August 1860
• PH1986:0901:004:003, View showing the southern Pehtang Fort and the Pehtang (now Beitang) River delta, near Tientsin (now Tianjin), China, between 2 August and 4 August 1860
• PH1986:0901:004:004, View showing the southern Pehtang Fort, the town of Pehtang (now Beitang), and the Pehtang (now Beitang) River delta, near Tientsin (now Tianjin), China, between 2 August and 4 August 1860
• PH1986:0901:004:005, View showing the southern Pehtang Fort, the town of Pehtang (now Beitang), and the Pehtang (now Beitang) River delta, with the northern Pehtang Fort in the background, near Tientsin (now Tianjin), China, between 2 August and 4 August 1860
• PH1986:0901:004:006, View showing the southern Pehtang Fort, the town of Pehtang (now Beitang), and the Pehtang (now Beitang) River delta, near Tientsin (now Tianjin), China, between 2 August and 4 August 1860
• PH1986:0901:004:007, View showing the southern Pehtang Fort, the town of Pehtang (now Beitang), and the Pehtang (now Beitang) River delta, near Tientsin (now Tianjin), China, between 2 August and 4 August 1860
• PH1986:0901:004:008, View showing the southern Pehtang Fort and the Pehtang (now Beitang) River delta, near Tientsin (now Tianjin), China, between 2 August and 4 August 1860
• PH1986:0901:004:009, View showing the southern Pehtang Fort and the Pehtang (now Beitang) River delta, with the northern Pehtang Fort in the background, near Tientsin (now Tianjin), China, between 2 August and 4 August 1860