• Felice Beato (photographer)

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

after 24 October and before 16 November 1860

- 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.

Albumen silver prints

comps. (visible images; joined): 23.1 x 57.9 cm (9 1/8 x 22 13/16 in.) secondary support: 23.1 x 57.9 cm (9 1/8 x 22 13/16 in.) tertiary support (bound): 36.7 x 52 cm (14 7/16 x 20 1/2 in.)

PH1986:0901:040:001-002

• exterior views

- Photographs PH1986:0901:040:001 and PH1986:0901:040:002 are adhered together on the same secondary support to form panorama PH1986:0901:040:001-002.

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the tertiary support, l.c.: with title numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the tertiary support, l.c.: "38" inscribed and dated - on PH1986:0901:040:001, by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, c.l. to c.r.: "Pekin showing the Artificial Hill / Pekin 29th [superscript] October 1860"

Beijing; China;

• architecture
• architecture de paysage

• walls
• palaces
• temples
• towers (building divisions)
• hill
• landscape gardens
• belvederes

Contient:

• PH1986:0901:040:001, View of Jingshan (also known as Coal Hill or Prospect Hill) and Ta-kao hsuan Hall (now Dagaoxuan Dian) temple complex showing part of the Forbidden City (also known as Zijincheng and the Imperial Palace; now the Palace Museum), Peking (now Beijing), China, after 24 October and before 16 November 1860
• PH1986:0901:040:002, View of the Forbidden City (also known as Zijincheng [Purple Forbidden Enclosure] and the Imperial Palace; now the Palace Museum), Peking (now Beijing), China, after 24 October and before 16 November 1860