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Collection Area Map Collections Archive Reference (shelfmark) Maps 5.d.21

1. Maps 5.d.21

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 5.d.21
Title:
China. Photographs. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full red leather bound volume (British Museum binding) measuring 420 x 350 mm, containing 61 captioned albumen prints mounted on card one to a page (recto only). A contemporary handwritten label, cut into an ornamental shape and reading 'China. 61 sheets. Topographical views. (Photographies)', i...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
61 items

2. Maps 5.d.21(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 5.d.21(1)
Title:
Bettlers-Brücke, in Peking. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View from the city wall looking down onto and along the street, towards the arched pailou gateway in the background. In front of this is the Beggar's Bridge, which only the Emperor was permitted to cross.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

3. Maps 5.d.21(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 5.d.21(2)
Title:
Chinesischer Kirchhof in der nähe v. Canton [Chinese churchyard near Canton]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across a walled piece of land, apparently ploughed over, towards church (?or temple) buildings indistinctly seen in the distance.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

4. Maps 5.d.21(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 5.d.21(3)
Title:
Sternwarte bei Peking [Observatory at Peking]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards astronomical instruments standing on a brick terrace in the observatory at Peking.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

5. Maps 5.d.21(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 5.d.21(4)
Title:
Canal und alte Säule bei Fu-Tcheu [Canal and ancient column at Foochow]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along a canal towards a stone bridge and house, with a weather-worn stone column at the extreme left of the photograph.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

6. Maps 5.d.21(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 5.d.21(5)
Title:
Tempel mit Umgebung bei Shanghai [Temple of Heaven and surroundings, Beijing]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the lowest terrace of the Altar of Heaven, looking towards the Temple of Heaven in the distance. The caption is incorrect. Bottom left-hand corner of negative missing.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

7. Maps 5.d.21(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 5.d.21(6)
Title:
Landschaft beim Sommerpalast Tuen-Min-Tuen bei Peking [Landscape around the Summer Palace, Peking]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from a hillside, looking across a valley planted out with paddy fields towards a village on the opposite hillside.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

8. Maps 5.d.21(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 5.d.21(7)
Title:
Brücke in Peking I [Bridge in Peking, no. 1]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the riverbank towards a stone bridge.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

9. Maps 5.d.21(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 5.d.21(8)
Title:
Pagode bei Ning-Po [Pagoda at Ningpo?]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography A very distant view of a pagoda standing at the summit of a hill, with fields in the valley in the foreground. This appears to be a view outside Beijing, rather than Ningpo (Ningbo).
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

10. Maps 5.d.21(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 5.d.21(9)
Title:
Engl.Gesandtschaft in Peking [British Legation, Peking]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the verandah and decorated eaves of the Chinese house, which served as the first British Legation in Peking. An engraving based on this photograph was published in the French periodical 'Le Tour du Monde' in 1864.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

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