Photographs of Peking by Georges Morache
MS. 23051 photogr. 76/1
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Photographs of Peking by Georges Morache
Shelfmark
MS. 23051 photogr. 76/1
Summary
Albumen prints, mostly by Georges Morache, showing views in and around Peking, including the Summer Palace after the fire of 1860. 20 architectural studies of temples and other buildings, 2 topographic studies, and 3 portraits.
Associated place
Beijing (China)
Date
1860-1880
Language
English
Physical facet
Albumen prints from wet collodion plate negatives
Physical extent
23 items
Custodial history
Purchased from Bruno Tartarin France, 18/08/2000. From the estate of the Devéria family, possibly having belonged to Gabriel Devéria, brother of the photographer and Egyptologist Théodule Devéria.
Subject
China
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Collection contents
The Michael and Jane Wilson Collection of Nineteenth Century Photographs
Photographically-illustrated books and albums
Photographs of Peking by Georges Morache
