Dongbianmen (东便门) ‘Fox Tower’, Beijing, after damage sustained during the Boxer Uprising

Dongbianmen (东便门) ‘Fox Tower’, Beijing, after damage sustained during the Boxer Uprising

Collection

Cooper, William

Identifier

WC01-152

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: WC01-152. The southeastern inner city corner guard tower, Dongbianmen (东便门), Tung Pien Men, ‘Fox Tower’, or ‘Arrow Tower’. The tower was damaged by shelling by Russian artillery during the rescue of the foreign Legations at Beijing in August 1900. See WC01-182.

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1912-1914

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

University of Bristol Library, Special Collections