Gate on Legation Street, Peking

Gate on Legation Street, Peking

Collection

Cooper, William

Identifier

WC01-198

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: WC01-198. This gate led onto the glacis to the east of the legation quarter. Photograph taken during the Peking Mutiny (北京兵变) - hence the metal gate is closed and guards are conspicuously on duty. See Mx04-149 and OH01-083.

Location

Beijing

Date

1912

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

University of Bristol Library, Special Collections