Sculpture at Si Ling, the mausoleum of the Chongzhen Emperor (崇祯帝), Ming Tombs, near Beijing

Sculpture at Si Ling, the mausoleum of the Chongzhen Emperor (崇祯帝), Ming Tombs, near Beijing

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: JC-s308. Siling (The ‘Thinking Tomb’), where the Ming Dynasty’s sixteenth and last Emperor, Zhu Youjian (崇祯帝 the Chongzhen Emperor), and his Empress Zhou and Concubine Tian are buried. Two photographs by René Tillot, printed on a post card, numbered 44. See JC-s307.

Caption in album or on mount

Cliché R. Tillot / 44. – Monuments en marbre des tombeaux Si-Ling, près Pékin / Marble monuments, Si-ling Graves, Peking

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1905

Photographer

Tillot, René

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph