• Felice Beato (photographer)
• Ming Chengzu, Emperor of China (role unspecified)
• Qianlong, Emperor of China (role unspecified)
• Kublai Khan (role unspecified)
• Ming Shizong, Emperor of China (role unspecified)

Panorama of Jingshan (also known as Coal Hill or Prospect Hill), the 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 1860 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 PH1986:0347:001, 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 PH1986:0347:002, 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 from glass plate negatives

comps. (visible images; joined): 23.1 x 57.3 cm (9 1/8 x 22 9/16 in.) secondary support: 37.8 x 43.2 cm (14 7/8 x 17 in.)

PH1986:0347:001-002

• exterior views

- Photographs PH1986:0347:001 and PH1986:0347:002 are adhered together on the same secondary support to form panorama PH1986:0347:001-002. The left edge of photograph PH1986:0347:002 (the right photo of the panorama) is covered by the right edge of photograph PH1986:0347:001 where the two photos are attached. There are traces of another page affixed to the left edge of the secondary support.

dated and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.r.: "Oct. / Beato - 1860" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and brown ink, on the secondary support, l.c.: with title

Beijing; China;

• architecture
• architecture de paysage

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

Contient:

• PH1986:0347:001, 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 1860 and before 16 November 1860
• PH1986:0347:002, 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 1860 and before 16 November 1860