Last Hours of Peking
Photograph
Last Hours of Peking
ca. 1949
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 7/16 × 9 5/16 in. (16.4 × 23.6 cm)
Gift of Dr. Mark Reichman, 2005
2005.0933.0006
Inscriptions Typed on applied label on verso, TL: LAST HOURS OF PEKING. Pics by Henri Cartier Bresson of "Magnum" \ Outside the walls of Peking, China's great northern capital p[?] \ the Communists: inside the beseiged strive to carry on an even \ ten of life.
Inscribed in pencil on verso, TL: [illegible] Jan 29 \ P20
Inscribed in red ink on verso, TR: X
Inscribed in ink on verso, TC: 264/9 \ 38588/2
Inscribed in pencil on verso, TC: 6 [circled] \ [illegible inscription beneath of applied label]
Stamped in ink on verso, RC: PLEASE CREDIT \ HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (MAGNUM) \ MAGNUM PHOTOS INC. \ 55 WEST 8th STREET \ NEW YORK 11, N.Y. \ PHOTOS MUST NOT BE ALTERED BY TRIMMING
Inscribed in pencil on verso,C: 76/204
Stamped in ink on verso, BL: USED \ 29 JAN1949 \ ILLUSTRATED
Stamped in ink on verso, BC: PROPERTY OF THE \ PERIODICALS ART LIBRARY, \ 191, HIGH HOLBORN, W.C.1. \ MUST BE RETURNED UNDAMAGED
Inscribed in ink on verso, BL: China/[illegible]
Inscribed in pencil on verso, BR: 6500 ds[?] 10/02 HCB 405
Inscribed in pencil on verso, TL: [illegible] Jan 29 \ P20
Inscribed in red ink on verso, TR: X
Inscribed in ink on verso, TC: 264/9 \ 38588/2
Inscribed in pencil on verso, TC: 6 [circled] \ [illegible inscription beneath of applied label]
Stamped in ink on verso, RC: PLEASE CREDIT \ HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (MAGNUM) \ MAGNUM PHOTOS INC. \ 55 WEST 8th STREET \ NEW YORK 11, N.Y. \ PHOTOS MUST NOT BE ALTERED BY TRIMMING
Inscribed in pencil on verso,C: 76/204
Stamped in ink on verso, BL: USED \ 29 JAN1949 \ ILLUSTRATED
Stamped in ink on verso, BC: PROPERTY OF THE \ PERIODICALS ART LIBRARY, \ 191, HIGH HOLBORN, W.C.1. \ MUST BE RETURNED UNDAMAGED
Inscribed in ink on verso, BL: China/[illegible]
Inscribed in pencil on verso, BR: 6500 ds[?] 10/02 HCB 405
