Imperial Summer Palace, Peking - Early photography, Public domain image

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Imperial Summer Palace, Peking - Early photography, Public domain image

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Attributed to Felice A. Beato (Italy, 1825-1908) Italy, 1860 Photographs Albumen silver print. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Feldman (M.83.302.54)

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Collection Attributed to Felice A. Beato (Italy, 1825-1908) Italy, 1860 Photographs Albumen silver prints. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is an art museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits. LACMA is the largest art museums in the western United States.

The Summer Palace in Beijing – first built in 1750, largely destroyed in the war of 1860 and restored on its original foundations in 1886 – is a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design. The natural landscape of hills and open water is combined with artificial features such as pavilions, halls, palaces, temples and bridges to form a harmonious ensemble of outstanding aesthetic value.

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1860
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Xinjiangongmen Road No.11, Haidian, China39.99074, 116.28735
Google Map of 39.990738, 116.28734910000003
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