Ruin of the Sisters' Chapel, Tientsin. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the interior of the ruined church. Captions for prints 7 and 8 have been inadvertently transposed: 'No. 7 represents a group of Tien-tsin labourers, as I found them engaged in removing the debris from the Chapel of the Sisters of Mercy, who ha...
Entrance to the Kwo-tsze-keen, or National University, Peking. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Architectural Photography View, framed by a stone archway in the foreground, looking across the court towards the Pi-yung-kung, or Hall of the Classics.
A Mandarin's house, Peking. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the facade of the two storey house, with the owner, 'Mr Yang, a gentleman enormously rich, and holding an official rank in Peking,' seated in front of the entrance and with other members of his household posed on the verandah above.
Reception room in a mandarin's house [Beijing]. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the interior of Mr Yang's house in Beijing (see also prints 12 and 14), looking towards the window, in front of which a figure is seated.
An inner court in a mandarin's house [Beijing]. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the courtyard towards part of the house belonging to Mr Yang (see also prints 12-13), with plants and a small bridge in the foreground.
The central street, Chinese city of Peking. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking down from the city wall, 'close to the Ching-yang-men, or central gate, between the Chinese and Tartar quarters. It is in a direct line with the centre of the palace, and is the route which the Emperor traverses on his way to the Altar of Heav...
The Bell Tower, Peking. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view: 'The Bell Tower of the illustration ... is situated about a quarter of a mile beyond the Hou-men, or north gate of the capital, and contains one of the five great bells cast when Yung-lo of the Ming dynasty occupied the imperial throne...'
The Drum Tower, Peking. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view: 'The Drum Tower of Peking stands a little to the south of the Bell Tower, and is also a structure dating from the beginning of the fifteenth century ... The Tower now contains a drum such as is commonly found in all Chinese cities, for marking the ...