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Add MS 5024/2
- Record Id:
- 040-003947827
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003947825
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100124042635.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5024/2
- Title:
- A view of Pekin [Beijing]
- Scope & Content:
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A view of Beijing drawn in ink and watercolours over 5 sheets, laid down on canvas. There is a cartouche in the middle of the drawing inscribed in German 'Die Haupt Stadt Pekin in China'.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Sloane Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003947825
040-003947827 - Is part of:
- Add MS 5024 : Miscellaneous maps and views
Add MS 5024/2 : A view of Pekin [Beijing] - Hierarchy:
- 032-003947825[0002]/040-003947827
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 5024
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 roll
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
German - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 17th century-18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 440 x 2320 mm.
Material: paper laid down on canvas.
Medium: ink, watercolour, pencil.
- Finding Aids:
- Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts, vol. 20 (1831), available in the Manuscripts Reading Room, where the volume is described as: 'A case containing Five [crossed out and above it, written in pencil, ‘various’] Rolls, viz. 1.A view of Constantinople, more than 15 feet in length & 172ft in width, executed in water colours, by Hofsted Van Essen. 2. A view of the City of Pekin, in China, by a German Artist, in water colors, measuring 7ft 9in in length by 172ft in width. 3. Plan of St. James’s Square, London."
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)