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Creator:

Sever, James Riley  Search this

Photographer:

Child, Thomas  Search this

Names:

Columbus, Christopher  Search this

Parkes, Harry, Sir, 1828-1885  Search this

Ward, William Hayes, 1835-1916  Search this

Extent:

84 Lantern slides (black and white and color)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Place:

China

Canton (China)

Beijing (China)

Taiwan

China -- Description and Travel

Date:

1875-1877

Scope and Contents:

Stereopticons 1875-1877; undated mostly black and white and a few hand-colored, some captioned and numbered, assembled by an unknown source to depict views of Chine, including images of the imperial Summer Palace, in particular the ruins of the Yuanmingyuan taken in 1877 by amateur photographer Thomas Child; the environs of Peking (Beijing), including the Great Wall, Ming Tombs, the observatory, pagodas, the Temple of Heaven and others; a monastery near Foochow (Fuzhou); views of Formosa (Taiwan); a Canton street scene; villages; Chinese workers in various activities; a portion of an English-Chinese lexicon; and works of art depicting Prince Kung, Sir Harry Smith Parkes (1828-1885), "Ward of Salem" [likely William Hayes Ward (1835-1916)], and Christopher Columbus.

Arrangement:

Organized in 2 boxes (.5 linear ft.) by slide number and topic.

Biographical / Historical:

William Hayes Ward (1835-1916) was a Congregationalist minister, Orientalist, and editor of the "The Independent", a weekly religious newspaper. Sir Harry Smith Parkes (1828-1885) was a British diplomat who worked mainly in China and Japan.

Local Numbers:

FSA A1998.01

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Genre/Form:

Lantern slides

Identifier:

FSA.A1998.01

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc38497c795-f4e6-438d-a979-b92ae910c454

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a1998-01

Author:

Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont) 1837-1913  Search this

Ward, William Hayes 1835-1916  Search this

Physical description:

129 p., 1 l. XXXIX pl. 32 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1909

Topic:

Seals (Numismatics)--Ancient  Search this

Call number:

CD5348.M8 1909X

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_397552

Author:

Ward, William Hayes 1835-1916  Search this

Physical description:

48 p. 22 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

[n.d.]

Topic:

Seals (Numismatics)  Search this

Call number:

CD5210.N53 W26

CD5210.N53W26

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_151131

Author:

Curtiss, Samuel Ives 1844-1904  Search this

Ward, William Hayes 1835-1916  Search this

Physical description:

288 p. illus. 22 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Syria

Palestine

Petra, Arabia

Date:

1902

Topic:

Civilization, Semitic--Religion  Search this

Cultus, Semitic  Search this

Folklore, Semitic  Search this

Assyro-Babylonian religion  Search this

Antiquities  Search this

Call number:

BL1600 .C98 1902

BL1600.C98 1902

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_297816