Distant view of Kunming Lake (昆明湖) and Longevity Hill (Wanshoushan 万寿山), Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

Distant view of Kunming Lake (昆明湖) and Longevity Hill (Wanshoushan 万寿山), Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Mx04-052. Cadbury Research Library archive finding number: DA26/2/2/3 (John Preston Maxwell Papers). View of the Summer Palace (Yiheyuan), Longevity Hill (Wanshou Shan), Kunming Lake and Nanhu Island (南湖島), Beijing (Peking). Photograph taken from Jade Spring Hill, from whence the continual flow of water irrigated an area of rice paddy fields, which are rare in north China. See Ed01-042, Hv09-180 and WC01-121.

Caption in album or on mount

The summer palace from the Jade Fountain.

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1900s

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Cadbury Research Library (Special Collections), University of Birmingham

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