Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Bo01-067. The caption in the album (Entrance to Forbidden City) is incorrect.  This is the Daoist Dagaodian (Dagaoxuandian, Ta-kao-hsuan-tien, Palace Hall) on the north-west corner of the Imperial Palace (Forbidden City), a building sited between Coal Hill and Beihai, Peking (Beijing).  N.B. The shadow of the pailou (paifang) in this photograph.

Caption on mount
Entrance to Forbidden (Imperial) City. Peking.


Location
Estimated date
1870
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph