Caption

Street view of Nanking Road in Shanghai, photograph, annotation: 'Shanghai-Nanking road', Shanghai, 1850 - 1900, photographer, paper, pasteboard, albumen print, height 225 mm x width 310 mm, street (city(-scape) with figures, staffage), A wide street scene with rows of multi-story buildings on both sides featuring ornate upturned roof edges and hanging rectangular signs, a mostly empty upper sky above, lamp posts and a few utility poles with overhead wires, numerous blurred figures walking and standing along the street and sidewalks, some carrying baskets or goods, awnings and shopfronts lining the sidewalks, and a textured road surface stretching into the distance.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B10_175

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50.0Mb (5.1Mb) / 16.1in x 12.1in / 4821 x 3625 (300dpi)

Keywords

Street view Nanking Road Shanghai photograph annotation Shanghai-Nanking road 1850 - 1900 photographer paper pasteboard albumen print height 225 mm x width 310 mm street city -scape figures staffage wide street scene rows multi-story buildings sides featuring ornate upturned roof edges hanging rectangular signs mostly empty upper sky lamp posts utility poles overhead wires numerous blurred figures walking standing sidewalks carrying baskets goods awnings shopfronts lining textured road surface stretching distance