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[Street and Shops in the Tartar City at Peking]
Felice BeatoOctober 1860
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Shop fronts line a street in the Tartar Quarter of Beijing. One man stands in a doorway, another sits on the stoop. The facades of the buildings have fretwork screens, ornate carvings, and poles extending over the street featuring dragons.
Details
- Title: [Street and Shops in the Tartar City at Peking]
- Creator: Felice Beato
- Date Created: October 1860
- Location Created: Pekin, China; Beijing, China
- Physical Dimensions: 23.9 × 28.3 cm (9 7/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Albumen silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 2007.26.197.16
- Culture: English
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography
- Creator Display Name: Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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