Caption

Street with customs posts in Beijing, Pékin. - La rue des customs, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'Photographie de l'autoriteit.', photographer: Hugues Krafft, Beijing, cliché maker: anonymous, in or after 1882 - in or before 1883, Hugues Krafft, photographer, cliché maker, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 108 mm x width 166 mm, street, façade (of house or building), customs, A narrow dirt street lined with brick walls and low tiled-roof buildings, a tall ornate pole with decorative crossarms standing near the foreground, a small shop or house with an open window and stacked bundles or hay nearby, groups of people walking or standing along the street, a covered cart facing away from the viewer, tiled rooflines and trees visible above the walls, and a worn uneven pathway with scattered stones.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A99_221

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Rights managed

Available size

37.1Mb (7.4Mb) / 13.9in x 10.4in / 4158 x 3115 (300dpi)

Keywords

Street customs posts Beijing Pékin - La rue des customs page photomechanical print inscription Photographie de l'autoriteit photographer Hugues Krafft cliché maker anonymous 1882 - 1883 paper collotype photoprint height 108 mm x width 166 mm street façade of house building customs narrow dirt street lined brick walls low tiled-roof buildings tall ornate pole decorative crossarms standing near foreground small shop house open window stacked bundles hay nearby groups people walking covered cart facing away viewer tiled rooflines trees visible walls worn uneven pathway scattered stones