PH1980:0942
architecture
1871
architecture
dessins
PH1979:0603.04:048
architecture
published 1874
dessins
published 1874
architecture
photographies
PH1986:0347:001
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). 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.
architecture, architecture de paysage
after 24 October 1860 and before 16 November 1860
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
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PH1986:0347:001
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). 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.
photographies
after 24 October 1860 and before 16 November 1860
architecture, architecture de paysage
photographies
PH1986:0901:040:001
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). 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.
architecture, architecture de paysage
after 24 October and before 16 November 1860
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
Actions:
PH1986:0901:040:001
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). 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.
photographies
after 24 October and before 16 November 1860
architecture, architecture de paysage
photographies
PH1986:0901:020:001
Description:
- The title of a published identical image to PH1986:0901:020:002, "View of the Imperial Summer Palace, Yuen Ming Yuen, after the Burning, Taken from the Lake, Pekin" is inaccurate, as Yuen Ming Yuen (now Yuanming Yuan) [Garden of Perfect Clarity], though near the Garden of the Clear Ripples [Qing Yi Yuan] (now known as the Summer Palace or Yihe Yuan), is a separate garden complex (Naquin, pp. 312-314).
architecture, architecture de paysage, topographique
between 20 October and 2 November 1860
View of the Garden of the Clear Ripples [Qing Yi Yuan] (now known as the Summer Palace or Yihe Yuan), showing Kunming Lake, with Yuquan Shan (also known as Jade Spring Hill) in the background, Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1986:0901:020:001
Description:
- The title of a published identical image to PH1986:0901:020:002, "View of the Imperial Summer Palace, Yuen Ming Yuen, after the Burning, Taken from the Lake, Pekin" is inaccurate, as Yuen Ming Yuen (now Yuanming Yuan) [Garden of Perfect Clarity], though near the Garden of the Clear Ripples [Qing Yi Yuan] (now known as the Summer Palace or Yihe Yuan), is a separate garden complex (Naquin, pp. 312-314).
photographies
between 20 October and 2 November 1860
architecture, architecture de paysage, topographique
PH1986:0901:039
Description:
- This photograph was taken from the top of Jingshan [Hill of Commanding Views] (also known as Coal Hill [Meishan] and Prospect Hill) looking northwest. - At the time the photo was taken, the North Lake [Beihai], which is visible at centre right, had been drained (Harris, p. 148). The East Gate to Western Garden [Xi Yuan] (now Beihai Park) is visible slightly left of centre and the conical roofed building at centre left is the northern-most building within the Daoist Ta-kao hsuan Hall (now Dagaoxuan Dian) temple complex.
architecture, architecture de paysage, topographique
29 October 1860
Panoramic view of a section of the Imperial City showing Jade Flowery Island [Qionghua Dao], the White Pagoda [Bai Ta], part of North Lake [Beihai] and other structures in the Western Garden (now Beihai Park), Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1986:0901:039
Description:
- This photograph was taken from the top of Jingshan [Hill of Commanding Views] (also known as Coal Hill [Meishan] and Prospect Hill) looking northwest. - At the time the photo was taken, the North Lake [Beihai], which is visible at centre right, had been drained (Harris, p. 148). The East Gate to Western Garden [Xi Yuan] (now Beihai Park) is visible slightly left of centre and the conical roofed building at centre left is the northern-most building within the Daoist Ta-kao hsuan Hall (now Dagaoxuan Dian) temple complex.
architecture, architecture de paysage, topographique
PH1982:0363:129 (083)
architecture
between 1862 and 1879
architecture
photographies
PH1982:0363:140 (089)
architecture
between 1862 and 1879
photographies
between 1862 and 1879
architecture
PH1982:0363:128 (082)
architecture, architecture de paysage, ingénierie
between 1862 and 1879
architecture, architecture de paysage, ingénierie
PH1980:0941
Description:
- This photograph was taken from the bottom of Longevity Hill.
architecture, sculpture
1871
View of the Temple of the Sea of Wisdom [Zhihui Hai] and the Revolving Archive [Zhuanlun Cang], with a statue of a lion in the left foreground, Garden of the Clear Ripples [Qing Yi Yuan] (now the Summer Palace or Yihe Yuan), Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1980:0941
Description:
- This photograph was taken from the bottom of Longevity Hill.
architecture, sculpture