Views of Shanghai, Canton, and Peking, 1870-1888

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Summary

Title:
Views of Shanghai, Canton, and Peking
Dates:
1870-1888
Creators:
Saunders, William, fl. and Rusfeldt, Emil
Abstract:
Photographs taken in the cities of Shanghai, Canton (Guangzhou) and Peking (Beijing), in the 1870s and 1880s.
Extent:
1 box (9 photographic prints)
Language:
Collection material is in French.
Preferred citation:

Views of Shanghai, Canton, and Peking, 1870-1888, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 2004.R.14.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2004r14

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains mounted albumen photographs taken in the cities of Shanghai, Canton (Guangzhou) and Peking (Beijing) in the 1870s and 1880s. The images of Shanghai include a street scene in the French concession, a stage set for a Chinese theatrical production, and an installation shot of consumer goods such as Chinese porcelain, statuary, wooden implements, and other folk objects on display in the Shanghai Municipal Council in the foreign settlement (attributed to William Saunders).

Images related to Guangzhou include a dealer's display of Cantonese furniture, a view of the private rock garden of a merchant, and an interior view of a Cantonese flower boat or floating brothel by Emil Rusfeldt. Beijing is represented by a view of a covered bridge on Wan-Shou-Shan (Longevity Hill), that leads to a pavillion in the old Summer Palace. Also included are a two studio portraits: one depicts three Cantonese actors, while the other, attributed to Saunders, depicts two Shanghai courtesans.

Two of the photographs are attributed to William Saunders; one is by Emil Rusfeldt (Riisfeldt), and the rest are by unidentified makers.

Mounts are wet stamped in upper right corners; captions are handwritten on mounts below in French. Titles of images are taken from the captions.

Biographical / historical:

The photographs in this collection were taken in China by various photographers, known and unknown, in the 1870s and 1880s.

Acquisition information:
Acquired in 2004.
Processing information:

Processed and cataloged by Beth Ann Guynn; finding aid encoded by Holly Larson with grant funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). Finding aid revised by Guynn in 2019.

Arrangement:

No discernible original order; arranged by cataloger. Arranged in a single series: Series I. Views of Shanghai, Canton, and Peking.

Physical location:
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About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Beth Ann Guynn
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-03-19 09:07:50 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Views of Shanghai, Canton, and Peking, 1870-1888, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 2004.R.14.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2004r14

Location of this collection:
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688, US
Contact:
(310) 440-7390
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