Scope and content
Photographs of China mounted on paperboard album pages, most identified with handwritten captions in English. Includes 52 albumen prints, six with hand-coloring; four stereoviews; one watercolor of the exterior of an unidentified Chinese structure; one print of the Customs House in Shanghai, and a small pencil sketch of a temple bell. Subjects include interior and exterior views of buildings such as temples, pagodas, a Roman Catholic cathedral, the Imperial Palace, and the Great Wall. Also includes views of a woman weaving, a merchant's portrait, criminals, and an execution. Locations include Peking, Pi Yun Sze (Biyun si), Nan Kou (Nankou) Pass, Ku Pei Kuo area, Tientsin (Tianjin), near Ningpo (Ningbo), Chinkiang (Jinjiang), and the Chusan (Zhoushan) Archipelago - Island of Putuo. Photographers include William Saunders (1832-1892).
Dates
- 1870-1875.
Creator
- Wason, Charles William, 1854-1918 (Collector, Person)
- Saunders, William Thomas, 1832-1892 (Person)
Language of Material
In English.
Extent
.5 cubic feet. (.5 cubic feet.)
Dimensions
35.2 x 48.2 cm
- Albumen prints.
- Architecture -- China -- Pictorial works.
- Beijing (China) -- Pictorial works.
- China -- Pictorial works.
- China -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works.
- Hand coloring.
- Ningbo Shi (China) -- Pictorial works.
- Tianjin (China) -- Pictorial works.
- Zhoushan Archipelago (China) -- Pictorial works.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)