Bronze Lions, entrance to Summer Palace.
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Bronze Lions, entrance to Summer Palace.
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
18.6 x 23.2 cm.
Purchase
1979.0054.0069
Inscriptions photo-recto (signature in negative) "T. Child"
(printed in negative) "No. 17. [title]"
mount-recto (printed label) "In and Around Peking. A description of
views taken by Thos. Child. No. 17. Bronze Lions. These lions are
placed on either side of the East Gate of the Summer Palace. "Wan-
Shou-Shan." They are about 6 feet high and stand on a marble pedestal
of 5 feet. The Bronze is of the finest workmanship and as smooth as
glass, it affords no clue as to the mode of casting."
(printed in negative) "No. 17. [title]"
mount-recto (printed label) "In and Around Peking. A description of
views taken by Thos. Child. No. 17. Bronze Lions. These lions are
placed on either side of the East Gate of the Summer Palace. "Wan-
Shou-Shan." They are about 6 feet high and stand on a marble pedestal
of 5 feet. The Bronze is of the finest workmanship and as smooth as
glass, it affords no clue as to the mode of casting."
