Open Altar. Temple of Heaven.
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Open Altar. Temple of Heaven.
From "In and Around Peking" from the album: (Views of Peking and Japan, ca. 1900)
From the album (Views of Peking and Japan, ca. 1900)
ca. 1875
Albumen silver print
18.1 x 24.0 cm.
Purchase
1979.0054.0074
Inscriptions photo-recto (signature in ink) "T. C."
(printed in negative) "No. 97. Altar of Heaven. Temple of Heaven."
(paper label) "In and Around Peking. A description of views taken by
Thom. Child. No. 97. [title]. Peking. This view shows the South or
open altar, the most important of all Chinese religious structures. It
differs from the Northern altar in having no building on it; but the
three tiers of marble terraces are similar. The whole is surrounded by
a low wall 1000 ft. in circumference. In the foreground is an iron...
(printed in negative) "No. 97. Altar of Heaven. Temple of Heaven."
(paper label) "In and Around Peking. A description of views taken by
Thom. Child. No. 97. [title]. Peking. This view shows the South or
open altar, the most important of all Chinese religious structures. It
differs from the Northern altar in having no building on it; but the
three tiers of marble terraces are similar. The whole is surrounded by
a low wall 1000 ft. in circumference. In the foreground is an iron...
