Biyunsi (Temple of Azure Clouds), Beijing: the Jingangta (Diamond Sutra Pagoda), viewed through a memorial arch. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1871
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19242i
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Description

View of steps. Seen through an arched entrance, which is in turn seen through a gateway. Man standing beside the steps half way up. A small octagonal pavilion to the right hand side. Ceremonial lion-dog sculptures by the side of the path. The sun is shining

Publication/Creation

1871

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 x 10 in.)

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Lettering

Temple Yuen-Ming-Y(uen) Bears Thomson's negative number: "493" and ''537 b''

Notes

This is one of a collection of original glass negatives made by John Thomson. The negatives, made between 1868 and 1872, were purchased from Thomson by Sir Henry Wellcome in 1921

References note

John Thomson, Through China with a camera, London, 1898, f.p. 266, "Buddhist temple, Yuen-ming-Yuen [sic]"
Nick Pearce, Photographs of Peking, China 1861-1908: an inventory and description of the Yetts collection at the University of Durham: through Peking with a camera, Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 2005, no. 44, pp. 122-123
China through the lens of John Thomson, 1868-1872, Beijing: Beijing World Art Museum, 2009, p. (reproduced)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19242i

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  • glass negative no. 493

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    19242i.1
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  • glass positive? 537b

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    19242i.2
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