Hall of the Classics. Peking.
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Hall of the Classics. Peking.
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)
1876
Albumen silver print
18.2 x 23.7 cm.
Purchase
1979.0054.0061
Inscriptions photo-recto (signature in negative) "T. Child 1876"
(printed in negative) "[title]"
mount-recto (printed label) "In and Around Peking. A description of
views taken by Thos. Child. No. 126. This fine building is to be seen
adjoining the Confucian Temple on the West. It was built by the
Emperor K'ien Lung more than one hundred years ago, and at certain
times in the year the Emperor is supposed to expound the Classics in
it. The whole building is surrounded by a marble pond, see No. 127."
(printed in negative) "[title]"
mount-recto (printed label) "In and Around Peking. A description of
views taken by Thos. Child. No. 126. This fine building is to be seen
adjoining the Confucian Temple on the West. It was built by the
Emperor K'ien Lung more than one hundred years ago, and at certain
times in the year the Emperor is supposed to expound the Classics in
it. The whole building is surrounded by a marble pond, see No. 127."
