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Peking - view along wall and Emperor's Palace – Historic Reproduction

Peking - view along wall and Emperor's Palace, [1895] — historic photograph
Peking - view along wall and Emperor's Palace, [1895]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures Peking - view along wall and Emperor's Palace in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Seen from along the city wall, this view of Peking looks toward the Emperor's Palace, the walled imperial complex now known as the Forbidden City. The palace was built in the early 15th century and served as the seat of Ming and Qing emperors until the Qing dynasty fell in 1912. William Henry Jackson made the negative in 1895 while traveling with the World's Transportation Commission, and Harper's Weekly printed it as a halftone in 1896. The picture is a useful record of how the imperial city looked to Western visitors at the close of the 19th century.

Created / published[1895]
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
GenrePhotographic prints.
NotesPublished as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1896, p. 563. Similar to lantern slide W7-917. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsCity walls. Castles & palaces.China--Beijing.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,223 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-151460

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