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11. Photo 1182(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1182(8)
Title:
The Emperor's Temple containing the tablet, 'May the Emperor reign ten thousand years, ten thousand times ten thousand years' [Canton]. Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
Scope & Content:
General view, looking along the pathway to the facade of the building.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

12. Photo 1182(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1182(7)
Title:
The British Cemetery under the East Wall [Canton].—In Memoriam 1858-61. Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
Scope & Content:
View of graves in the small military cemetery at the foot of the east wall of the city.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

13. Photo 1182(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1182(2)
Title:
Slipper-boats at the steamer wharf, with pawn-shop in distance [Canton]. Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto local slipper boats moored at the wharf, with the distinctive square form of a Canton pawnshop rising on the skyline beyond.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

14. 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

15. 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

16. Photo 1182(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1182(1)
Title:
Bird's-eye view over the Chu-kiang or Pearl River.— Canton River. Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
Scope & Content:
View looking along the Pearl River (Zhu Jiang) at Canton, busy with local craft and with the twin towers of the Roman Catholic Cathedral visible in the distance.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

17. 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