dessins
PH1979:0603.04:003
portrait
published 1874
dessins
published 1874
portrait
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
photographies
PH1986:0347:002
Description:
- This photograph 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). 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.
architecture, architecture de paysage
after 24 October 1860 and before 16 November 1860
View of the Forbidden City (also known as Zijincheng [Purple Forbidden Enclosure] and the Imperial Palace; now the Palace Museum), Peking (now Beijing), China
Actions:
PH1986:0347:002
Description:
- This photograph 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). 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.
photographies
after 24 October 1860 and before 16 November 1860
architecture, architecture de paysage
photographies
PH1986:0901:040:002
Description:
- This photograph 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). 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.
architecture, architecture de paysage
after 24 October and before 16 November 1860
View of the Forbidden City (also known as Zijincheng [Purple Forbidden Enclosure] and the Imperial Palace; now the Palace Museum), Peking (now Beijing), China
Actions:
PH1986:0901:040:002
Description:
- This photograph 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). 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.
photographies
after 24 October and before 16 November 1860
architecture, architecture de paysage
dessins
PH1979:0603.04:004
portrait
published 1874
dessins
published 1874
portrait
photographies
PH1986:0901:026:002
Description:
- This view looks west along the northern wall and moat of the Inner City of Peking (now Beijing). - On 11 October 1860, during the Second Opium War (1858-1860), the British and French forces positioned heavy siege guns along the southern wall (visible at c.l. to c.r. of PH1986:0901:026:002) of the Altar to Earth [Ditan] (also known as the Temple of Earth), threatening to bombard the walls of the Inner City of Peking (now Beijing) and demanding the surrender of the Anting Gate (now Anding Men) within forty-eight hours. The Chinese surrendered the gate at noon on 13 October 1860 (Harris, p. 145).
architecture, ingénierie, militaire
between 13 October and 24 October 1860
Partial view of the moat of the Inner City and part of the Altar to Earth [Ditan] (also known as the Temple of Earth), Peking (now Beijing), China
Actions:
PH1986:0901:026:002
Description:
- This view looks west along the northern wall and moat of the Inner City of Peking (now Beijing). - On 11 October 1860, during the Second Opium War (1858-1860), the British and French forces positioned heavy siege guns along the southern wall (visible at c.l. to c.r. of PH1986:0901:026:002) of the Altar to Earth [Ditan] (also known as the Temple of Earth), threatening to bombard the walls of the Inner City of Peking (now Beijing) and demanding the surrender of the Anting Gate (now Anding Men) within forty-eight hours. The Chinese surrendered the gate at noon on 13 October 1860 (Harris, p. 145).
photographies
between 13 October and 24 October 1860
architecture, ingénierie, militaire
PH1982:0363:106 (064)
architecture
between 1862 and 1879
View of the principal façade of the Hall of Great Achievement [Dacheng Dian], Temple of Confucius [Kong Miao] Peking (now Beijing), China
Actions:
PH1982:0363:106 (064)
architecture
PH1980:0939
architecture
1871
architecture
PH1982:0363:146 (094)
architecture, architecture de paysage, sculpture
between 1862 and 1879
Statues of animal along the Spirit Road with the Phoenix and Dragon Gate in the background, Ming Tombs, near Peking (now Beijing), China
Actions:
PH1982:0363:146 (094)
architecture, architecture de paysage, sculpture
dessins
PH1979:0603.04:012
architecture, portrait
published 1874
dessins
published 1874
architecture, portrait