Pailou, Ming Tombs, Peking

Title : Pailou, Ming Tombs, Peking

Topic : Warren Swire collection

Location : Beijing

Date (start) : 1920

Estimated dates : 1920

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Negative

Caption on support : Album cover: ‘H Sundries 1920 – 1922 May 31. Peking Ming Tombs 1-7 Great Wall 8-11 River 12-41 Home 42-end’ Album index: Folio (Sleeve) 3, one negative: Ming Tombs Pailau

Information data : University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: sw19-003. Khaki cloth Eastman Negative Album, 12 cm x 16 cm. 153 negatives (sized 3.25 inches x 5.5 inches -:- 92mm x 147mm). The album was later labelled P1/V on the back cover. This magnificent marble pailou, erected in 1541, is considered by many to be the most beautiful pailou in all of China.

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