• Felice Beato (photographer)

Panorama of the principal façade of the Shanghai Northern Customhouse (also known as the Old Temple Building), Shanghai, China

between 1860 and 1861, or 1870

Albumen silver prints

comp. (visible images; joined): 20,5 x 50,1 cm secondary support: 33,6 x 39,4 cm

PH1980:0208:002:001-002

• exterior views

- Photographs PH1980:0208:002:001 and PH1980:0208:002:002 are adhered together on the same secondary support to form panorama PH1980:0208:002:001-002. The left edge of photograph PH1980:0208:002:002 (the right photo of the panorama) is covered by the right edge of photograph PH1980:0208:002:001 where the two photos are attached.

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.r.: "Beato" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, b.: "China" inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.l.: "4 & 5"

Shanghai; China;

• architecture

• gateway
• verges
• chi-wen
• roof guardians
• shutters
• façade
• eaves
• customhouse
• picket fence
• gable roofs
• roundels
• louver windows

Contient:

• PH1980:0208:002:001, View of the principal façade of the Shanghai Northern Customhouse (also known as the Old Temple Building), Shanghai, China, between 1860 and 1861, or 1870
• PH1980:0208:002:002, View of the principal façade of the Shanghai Northern Customhouse (also known as the Old Temple Building), Shanghai, China, between 1860 and 1861, or 1870