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1787.d.7, 2(37)
- Record Id:
- 040-003228308
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003228270
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026867937.0x001161
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1787.d.7, 2(37)
- Title:
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Amoy Harbour. Photographer: Thomson, John
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Landscape Photography
View looking across the harbour, looking towards shipping at anchor in the distance: 'Amoy harbour is one of the finest on the Chinese coast, and at the points from which plate No. 37 was taken, is more than 800 yards across, thus it offers abundance of anchorage-ground for vessels even of the largest size. There is a maximum difference between high and low water of about eighteen feet. The action of the tide has corroded the basis [sic] of many of the bold rocks inside the harbour basin, and a notable instance of this is to be seen in the upright mass of granite which stands in the foreground of this picture, and which is known by Europeans as 'Six-mile Rock,' and by the Chinese as the 'Sail Windlass Rock' ... The photograph shows part of the native town of Amoy where the offices of foreign merchants have been built, the town itself stands on the west of the island from which it takes its name.'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003228270
040-003228308 - Is part of:
- 1787.d.7, 2 : Illustrations of China and its people. A series of two hundred photographs, with letterpress descriptive of the places and…
1787.d.7, 2(37) : Amoy Harbour. Photographer: Thomson, John - Hierarchy:
- 032-003228270[0038]/040-003228308
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: 1787.d.7, 2
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Collotype
Photomechanical Print - Start Date:
- 1870
- End Date:
- 1872
- Date Range:
- c 1870-1872
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 139 mm x 301 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Paper
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Thomson, John
- Subjects:
- Bodies Of Water
Harbours
Land
Rock Formations