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Reference (shelfmark):: 1787.d.7, 4(24)
Title:: A Pekingese silk-mercer's shop. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the street frontage of the shop.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1872
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1787.d.7, 4(36)
Title:: The Great Confucian Altar, Peking. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the altar in the Great Hall Hall of the Sage.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1872
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1787.d.7, 4(38)
Title:: A Pekingese pai-lau. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View of the ceremonial gateway or triumphal arch: 'This Pai-lau, or Chinese honorary portal, is erected at the gate of the Ta-ka-tien temple, which the Emperor visits when he prays for rain. Structures of this sort are very numerous in Peking. Many of them span ...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1872
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1787.d.7, 4(40)
Title:: Cenotaph erected to the Banjin Lama of Tibet [at Beijing]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography General view, looking towards the entrance gateway to the Lama Temple, with the stupa rising beyond.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1872
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1787.d.7, 4(41)
Title:: The open Altar of Heaven, Peking. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View of the open terraced altar at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1872
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1787.d.7, 4(42)
Title:: The Temple of Heaven, Peking. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the triple-roofed Temple of Heaven.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1872
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1787.d.7, 4(48)
Title:: The Bronze Temple, Yuen-ming-yuen. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View looking down onto the temple: 'This picture ... presents to the reader one of the most interesting buildings in the grounds of the Imperial Summer Palace, standing at the foot of Wan-show-shan upon a basis of white marble, and constructed—doors, windows, pi...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1871-1872
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1787.d.7, 4(50)
Title:: The Great Sacrificial Hall at the Tomb of the Emperor Yung-lo. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the triple-tiered courtyard on which stands the Hall of Heavenly Favours of the Chang ling (Long-lasting Tomb) of the Yongle Emperor, at the Ming Tombs near Beijing.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1871-1872
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1787.d.7, 4(56)
Title:: The Great Wall of China. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the Great Wall, 'taken from the north of the inner wall, at a place called Pata-ling [Badaling].'
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1871-1872
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1787.d.7, 4(57)
Title:: The old arch, Nankow Pass. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View of the stone gateway known as Guojie ta ('tower that straddles the road') at Kew-yung-kwan (Juyongguan) on the road to Badaling. The sides and interior contain bas-reliefs and inscriptions of Buddhist subjects
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1871-1872
Extent:: 1 item

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