PH1979:0023
ca. 1937
PH1984:1155:009
architecture, architecture temporaire, ingénierie
June 1984
architecture, architecture temporaire, ingénierie
PH2003:0290
architecture
ca. 1936
architecture
photographies
PH1986:0902:001
architecture
1913
photographies
1913
architecture
photographies
PH1984:1204:013
April 1984
photographies
April 1984
photographies
PH1984:1204:014
April 1984
photographies
April 1984
photographies
PH1986:0901:026:001
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 walls and moat of the Inner City, with the Anting Gate (now Anding Men) in the background, Peking (now Beijing), China
Actions:
PH1986:0901:026:001
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
DR1984:0318
architecture, urbanisme
January - May 1944
architecture, urbanisme
PH1985:0989
architecture, sculpture
between 1876 and 1911
architecture, sculpture
PH2004:0067
architecture, sculpture
ca. 1936
architecture, sculpture