item details
Name[inside the Forbidden City, Beijing (from a series on China)]
ProductionBrian Brake; photographer; 1957-1959; Beijing
Classificationcolour transparencies, documentary photographs
Materialsphotographic gelatin, dye, cut film, reversal film
Materials Summarycolour transparency
Techniquesphotography, colour photography, chromogenic processes
Registration NumberB.076604
Credit lineGift of Wai Man Lau, 2010
Overview
Depicts a stone ramp with an ornately carved surface and ornamental balustrades. The photograph is taken from the top of the ramp, looking down the ramp to a crowd of tourists in the square at the botttom. There is a red building or gatehouse in the background, set in a high red wall.