Chinese gun platform overlooking the Legation Quarter, Peking

Collection

Identifier

BL-n045

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Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: BL-n045. Caption on typed list accompanying the box of negatives: 'Bamboo ramparts'. On the handwritten list, this photograph is captioned: 'Chinese g.p.' This Chinese gun platform was erected against the Tartar wall, overlooking the Legation Quarter, Peking (Beijing), during the Siege of the Legations, Boxer Uprising. Digitised from a negative made for a copy print. See also BL-n047.

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Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1900

Material

Negative

Media

Black and white photograph