Caption

View of barracks in a former yamen and Chinese dwellings in Taiwan, Shinjikou. Maisons chinoises, Shinjikou. Ancien yamen chinois transformé en caserne, page, photomechanical print, c. 1891 - in or before 1896, paper, collotype, photogravure, height 383 mm x width 266 mm, urban housing, barracks, Taiwan, A faded photograph shows the facade of a traditional building with an ornate, upturned tiled roof and a raised stone platform in front; a row of people stand along the platform wearing dark jackets and light trousers, and columns and wooden panels form the building's front; below, another photograph depicts a stone and brick exterior wall with a central doorway flanked by narrow windows, decorative stone and brick patterns along the base and around the upper cornice, and textured ground in front of the entrance.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B09_182

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57.2Mb (10.1Mb) / 10.8in x 20.6in / 3242 x 6172 (300dpi)

Keywords

View barracks former yamen Chinese dwellings Taiwan Shinjikou Maisons chinoises Ancien yamen chinois transformé en caserne page photomechanical print c 1891 - 1896 paper collotype photogravure height 383 mm x width 266 mm urban housing faded photograph facade traditional building ornate upturned tiled roof raised stone platform front row people stand platform wearing dark jackets light trousers columns wooden panels form building's front another photograph depicts stone brick exterior wall central doorway flanked narrow windows decorative stone brick patterns base upper cornice textured ground entrance