Photography Corner Tower and ‘Red Wall’ of the Forbidden City
Photography Corner Tower and ‘Red Wall’ of the Forbidden City
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A black-and-white photograph showing the red-coloured walls of the Forbidden City (Gugong 故宫 or Zijincheng 紫禁城) in Beijing. A corner watchtower stands above it. Red paint decorated the walls of the imperial buildings.
The photograph is the 288th of 449 photographs of Beijing and its surroundings in the album of Ivan Skušek Jr., purchased during his stay in Beijing (1914–1920). In the handwritten inventory of the album, the photograph is referred to as Eckturm und “Rote Mauer” der Verb. Stadt. (DZ, MV)
Place of manufacture: Beijing
Manufacturing technique: black-and-white photograph
Dimensions: length: 11.5 cm, width: 8.6 cm
No. of parts: 1
Current owner: Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Date of the last acquisition: 1963
Previous owners and periods of ownership: Ivan Skušek, Jr. and Tsuneko Kondō Kawase - Marija Skušek, National Museum of Slovenia, Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Object condition, handling and damage: bluish discolouration of black colour, trimmed left- and right-hand edges
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