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1908/1909
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AN ALBUM OF CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHS
1908/1909
The album comprises 92 black and white photographs of Sir William Seeds spell at the British Legation in Peking in 1908-1909; the album includes photographs of the Summer Palace, the Forbidden City, the British Legation compound, Chinese officials, British diplomats, the Peking horse races, street life, scenes from the removal of Emperor Guangxu's coffin, and various trips to the Ming tombs, the Yangtze river, mountain temples and Siberia.
14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) wide
1908/1909
The album comprises 92 black and white photographs of Sir William Seeds spell at the British Legation in Peking in 1908-1909; the album includes photographs of the Summer Palace, the Forbidden City, the British Legation compound, Chinese officials, British diplomats, the Peking horse races, street life, scenes from the removal of Emperor Guangxu's coffin, and various trips to the Ming tombs, the Yangtze river, mountain temples and Siberia.
14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) wide
Provenance
From the collection of Sir William Seeds KCMG (1882-1973).
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