Peking Collection (#8)

EVENTS / ASIA / CHINA
BOXER REBELLION German sailors attack and destroy the Tsung-li-Yamen, ministry of foreign affairs at Peking Date: July 1900

After the Recent Anti-Foreign Disturbance at Peking, Ringleaders under Punishment objecting to be photographed (litho)
1051377 After the Recent Anti-Foreign Disturbance at Peking, Ringleaders under Punishment objecting to be photographed (litho) by Dadd

The Audience given by the Empress-Dowager and the Emperor of China to the Wives of the Foreign Ministers at Peking
1598619 The Audience given by the Empress-Dowager and the Emperor of China to the Wives of the Foreign Ministers at Peking, on 13 December (litho) by Wright

The Chinese Question (b / w photo)
1615474 The Chinese Question (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Chinese Question. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 16 April 1898)

Also this year a strange pilgrimage took place in China, in the mountains west of Beijing (colour litho)
2778502 Also this year a strange pilgrimage took place in China, in the mountains west of Beijing (colour litho) by Beltrame

Pailau in the Lama Temple, Peking (colour litho)
3624254 Pailau in the Lama Temple, Peking (colour litho) by Liddell, Thomas Hodgson (1860-1925); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pailau in the Lama Temple, Peking)

The defence of the besieged British Legation in Peking during the Boxer Rebellion (litho)
3627080 The defence of the besieged British Legation in Peking during the Boxer Rebellion (litho) by Pearse, Alfred (19th Century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Peking, the Summer Palace (colour litho)
3624262 Peking, the Summer Palace (colour litho) by Liddell, Thomas Hodgson (1860-1925); Private Collection; (add.info.: Peking, the Summer Palace)

Peking (engraving)
3655066 Peking (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Peking. Illustration for The Illustrated Universal Gazetteer edited by William Francis Ainsworth)

Buddhists worshipping in a monastery in Peking (engraving)
3647116 Buddhists worshipping in a monastery in Peking (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Buddhists worshipping in a monastery in Peking)

Sketches in China (engraving)
728603 Sketches in China (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches in China: a Peking cab and amusements on the ice)

The Emperor of Chinas Palace, the Forbidden City, Pekin in the 19th century (litho)
PNP364589 The Emperor of Chinas Palace, the Forbidden City, Pekin in the 19th century (litho) by Chinese School (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark Pictures; Chinese, out of copyright

View of the Central Street in the Chinese Quarter of Peking, c. 1870 (b / w photo)
473740 View of the Central Street in the Chinese Quarter of Peking, c.1870 (b/w photo) by Thomson, John (1837-1921); Private Collection; (add.info.: View taken from the City Hall)

Archway to the Hall of Classics, Peking, c. 1867-72 (b / w photo)
473725 Archway to the Hall of Classics, Peking, c.1867-72 (b/w photo) by Thomson, John (1837-1921); Private Collection; (add.info.: Originally built in Mongol times as a private school)

Magistrates Court, Peking, c. 1870 (b / w photo)
498643 Magistrates Court, Peking, c.1870 (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; out of copyright

Canal in Peking, c. 1865-70 (b / w photo)
498385 Canal in Peking, c.1865-70 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Avenue of Guardian Animals Leading to the Ming Tombs, Peking, c. 1868-70 (b / w photo)
498375 Avenue of Guardian Animals Leading to the Ming Tombs, Peking, c.1868-70 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Auguste Gerard, the French ambassador to China, received by the Emperor (colour litho)
2818602 Auguste Gerard, the French ambassador to China, received by the Emperor (colour litho) by Meaulle, Fortune Louis (1844-1901); Private Collection; (add.info.: Auguste Gerard)

Diplomatic Life in Peking (b / w photo)
1615191 Diplomatic Life in Peking (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Diplomatic Life in Peking)

China, Peking, The Bottle Pagoda (b / w photo)
6019084 China, Peking, The Bottle Pagoda (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: China, Peking, The Bottle Pagoda)

China, Peking, Town-gate (b / w photo)
6019078 China, Peking, Town-gate (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: China, Peking, Town-gate)

Scenes from the Boxer Rebellion, China, 1900 (b / w photo)
6015080 Scenes from the Boxer Rebellion, China, 1900 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scenes from the Boxer Rebellion, China, 1900)

The Boxer Rebellion, China (b / w photo)
6015069 The Boxer Rebellion, China (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Boxer Rebellion, China)

Ms Fr 2810 f. 3v, Kublai Khan giving Nicolo and Marco Polo safe conduct to Peking
REV68252 Ms Fr 2810 f.3v, Kublai Khan giving Nicolo and Marco Polo safe conduct to Peking, with his golden seal to the Polos at Cambaluc in 1292, from Le Livre des Merveilles

A Chinese palace at Peking, now part of the British Legation (b / w photo)
6003715 A Chinese palace at Peking, now part of the British Legation (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Chinese palace at Peking)

Approach to the British Legation, Peking, a great public work in ruins (b / w photo)
6003740 Approach to the British Legation, Peking, a great public work in ruins (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Approach to the British Legation)

South Gate of Imperial City at Peking (engraving)
3629373 South Gate of Imperial City at Peking (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: South Gate of Imperial City at Peking)

Peking, the Marble Junk (colour litho)
3624266 Peking, the Marble Junk (colour litho) by Liddell, Thomas Hodgson (1860-1925); Private Collection; (add.info.: Peking, the Marble Junk)

Peking, the Emperors Robing Temple, the Temple of Heaven (colour litho)
3624253 Peking, the Emperors Robing Temple, the Temple of Heaven (colour litho) by Liddell, Thomas Hodgson (1860-1925); Private Collection; (add.info.: Peking, the Emperors Robing Temple)

Interieur de la maison d un mandarin, a Pekin (engraving)
3644291 Interieur de la maison d un mandarin, a Pekin (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Interieur de la maison d un mandarin, a Pekin)

Tea Market in Beijing (chromolitho)
735445 Tea Market in Beijing (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tea Market in Beijing)

The Chinese Tragedy (Colour Litho)
2778157 The Chinese Tragedy (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Chinese tragedy)

Representation theatrale a Pekin (engraving)
2789959 Representation theatrale a Pekin (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Representation theatrale a Pekin)

Le Temple du Ciel, a Pekin (engraving)
2789948 Le Temple du Ciel, a Pekin (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Temple du Ciel, a Pekin. Illustration for Le Tour Du Monde (Hachette, 1864)

Cour de l ancien Observatoire des jesuites, a Pekin (engraving)
2789947 Cour de l ancien Observatoire des jesuites, a Pekin (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cour de l ancien Observatoire des jesuites, a Pekin)

The Imperial wedding in China (engraving)
728596 The Imperial wedding in China (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The imperial wedding in China: entrance to the Brides Palace, Pekin)

The Earl of Elgins entrance into Pekin (engraving)
728469 The Earl of Elgins entrance into Pekin (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Chinese Pavilion at the Exposition Universelle of 1900 in Paris (colour litho)
2807864 The Chinese Pavilion at the Exposition Universelle of 1900 in Paris (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Reception of the Diplomatique & his Suite, at the Court of Pekin
2632297 The Reception of the Diplomatique & his Suite, at the Court of Pekin, 1792 (coloured engraving) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College

The Baoyun Bronze Pavilion in the Summer Palace, Beijing, c. 1867-72 (b / w photo)
468598 The Baoyun Bronze Pavilion in the Summer Palace, Beijing, c.1867-72 (b/w photo) by Thomson, John (1837-1921); Private Collection; (add.info.: Built in 1755)

Peking Observatory, c. 1867-72 (b / w photo)
473733 Peking Observatory, c. 1867-72 (b/w photo) by Thomson, John (1837-1921); Private Collection; (add.info.: Now known as the Beijing Ancient Observatory)

The Crisis in China, the First Coolie Corps bringing Provisions into Peking for the British Troops (litho)
1039987 The Crisis in China, the First Coolie Corps bringing Provisions into Peking for the British Troops (litho) by Dadd

The Dowager Empress of China and the Emperor receiving the Wives of the Foreign Ministers at Peking (litho)
1051630 The Dowager Empress of China and the Emperor receiving the Wives of the Foreign Ministers at Peking (litho) by English School

Before the Return of the Chinese Court to Peking, celebrating King Edward VIIs Birthday (litho)
1043534 Before the Return of the Chinese Court to Peking, celebrating King Edward VIIs Birthday (litho) by Dadd, Frank (1851-1929) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Outer gate of the enclosure containing the palaces (chromolitho)
968426 Outer gate of the enclosure containing the palaces (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Outer gate of the enclosure containing the palaces)

Ancient Chinese cookery, Beijing (chromolitho)
968419 Ancient Chinese cookery, Beijing (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient Chinese cookery, Beijing)

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