photographies
PH1983:0516:029
ca. 1869
photographies
ca. 1869
PH1988:0426:061
May 6, 1930
PH1988:0426:062
May 6, 1930
PH1988:0426:056
June 2, 1930
PH1988:0426:057
June 2, 1930
dessins
PH1987:0452.01:051
architecture, ingénierie
1901 or before
dessins
1901 or before
architecture, ingénierie
photographies
PH1980:1017:068
ca. 1891
photographies
ca. 1891
dessins
ARCH21207
1910-1912
dessins
1910-1912
photographies
PH1981:0505:037
1935 ?
photographies
1935 ?
photographies
PH1986:0901:017
Description:
- The inscription accompanying this photograph refers to events between 18 September and 14 October 1860. On 18 September 1860, during the Second Opium War (1858-1860), 39 British and French civilians and soldiers were taken hostage by the Chinese. Among the hostages were Harry Smith Parkes, the British commissioner in Canton (now Guangzhou) and Henry Loch, private secretary to Lord Elgin, who were later released, and Captain Brabazon of the Royal Artillery, who was killed (Harris, p. 153).
ingénierie
between 21 September and 2 October 1860
View of the Palichao (now Baliqiao) bridge, Tung-chow (Tongzhou, also now known as Tongxian), near Peking (now Beijing), China
Actions:
PH1986:0901:017
Description:
- The inscription accompanying this photograph refers to events between 18 September and 14 October 1860. On 18 September 1860, during the Second Opium War (1858-1860), 39 British and French civilians and soldiers were taken hostage by the Chinese. Among the hostages were Harry Smith Parkes, the British commissioner in Canton (now Guangzhou) and Henry Loch, private secretary to Lord Elgin, who were later released, and Captain Brabazon of the Royal Artillery, who was killed (Harris, p. 153).
photographies
between 21 September and 2 October 1860
ingénierie