• John Thomson (photographer)

View of the garden of the English Consulate, Shameen (now known as Shamian) Island, Canton (now Guangzhou), China

between 1868 and 1872

- The Flowery Pagoda [Hua Ta] is just visible at centre, in the background.
- The imprinted label was possibly included after the album was assembled.

Albumen silver print

comp.: 22.2 x 28.0 cm secondary support: 27.3 x 37.2 cm

PH1984:1203:039

• exterior view

dated and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary support, l.l.: "Nov. 2-/87."; and b.: "Shameen- Canton-" labelled, imprinted and numbered - in typescript and black ink, on a paper label associated with the photograph: "CANTON. / No. 256.-[Yamoon]. / The View was taken from the English Consulate and shows a street in Yamoon, or as is commonly / called the Old City-in the distance is the Flower Pagoda, nine storeys in height." [text in square parentheses indicates entry is in italics]

Guangzhou; China;

• architecture
• architecture de paysage

• garden
• stairs
• pagoda (building)
• consulate
• trough