Felicitous Calligraphy

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清　慈禧太后　喜至慶來　水墨灑金紅箋　鏡框
題識：喜至慶來。
背面簽條題識：光緒二十八年壬寅（1902）元旦。慈禧瑞佑康頣昭預莊誠壽恭欽獻崇熙皇太后御筆。
註：和慈禧太后書法一同呈現的是一張邀請函—布姑娘受邀在元月十六日中午12：30參加紫禁城午宴。布姑娘（Mary Walker Brewster）出生於1887年，父親是將軍Andre Walker Brewster （1862-1942）。Brewster先生曾擔任美國駐華大使Edward H. Conger（1843-1907）的駐外武官。Conger先生的妻子與慈禧太后熟識相知。布姑娘之後與哈佛畢業的部隊軍官James Donald Cassells先生喜結良緣。

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This calligraphy by Dowager Empress Cixi was accompanied by an invitation for lunch at the Forbidden City palace at 12:30pm on the 16th day of the first month to Miss Brewster. Mary Walker Brewster, who was born in 1887, was the daughter of Major General Andre Walker Brewster (1862-1942). He acted as military attaché to the American Minister to China, Edward H. Conger (1843-1907), whose wife became a friend of Dowager Empress Cixi. Miss Brewster later married James Donald Cassells, who was a Harvard graduate and a military officer.

Felicitous Calligraphy

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