Bronze guardian lions (tongshi 銅獅) at the East Palace Gate (东宫门), Summer Palace, Beijing
Collection
Identifier
Bo01-080
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Bo01-080. No caption in the album for this photograph. The entrance to the New Summer Palace, which was burned and looted by Anglo-French forces in 1860, is closed off with a new plain wall. A man is standing beside the bronze female lion (with a lion cub under her paw) in the foreground. The male lion is in the background. Photograph by Charles Frederick Moore.
Location
Estimated Date
1870
Photographer
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
