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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1182 Subject Religious Buildings

1. Photo 1182(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1182(9)
Title:
The Temple of Confucius [Canton]—the great Chinese philosopher and moral teacher of which every department must have one. Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
Scope & Content:
View across the courtyard towards the main building of the temple. A somewhat faded print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1182(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1182(10)
Title:
The Flowery Forest Monastery, Temple of the 500 Genii [Canton]. Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
Scope & Content:
Interior view, looking along the two rows of images.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1182(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1182(11)
Title:
The Three Pure Ones. Buddhas—past, present and future. Kwang-hau Temple A. D. 250 [Canton]. Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the altars, with the three Buddha images behind.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1182(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1182(13)
Title:
The entrance to the Temple of the Five Genii [Canton], who, according to tradition, visited the district some two thousand years ago mounted on rams, hence the appellation 'the City of Rams,' or 'of the Genii.' Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the entrance gateway, surmounted by tiered roofs, of the Temple of the Five Genii.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

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