Full-length hand tinted studio portrait of two girls, one seated on a chair holding a stringed instrument, the other standing beside her. In the background are four banners with Chinese inscriptions.
Full-length deated studio portrait of a girl, her right arm resting on a table on which stands a vase of flowers. In her left hand she holds a fan. With contemporary printed descriptive label:. 'No. 48.- The Original Chignon. Our artist has introduced this figure chiefly in order to give a view ...
Full-length seated studio portrait of a young woman, holding a fan; with a table and vase to the right of the image. With contemporary printed descriptive label: 'No. 49.- A Canton Woman. In No. 25 we presented a young lady from Canton, whose dress bore some marks of foreign influence. Here, h...
Studio re-enactment of a Chinese trial scene. With contemporary printed descriptive label: 'No.30.- A Court Scene. The presiding magistrate occupies the bench, and on either side are his clerks. The prosecutor, who, in this instance, holds some small official preferment, is seated to the right ...
Full-length portrait of two men, undergoing the punishment of the 'cangue'. With contemporary printed descriptive label: 'No.31.-The Cangue. The kia, or cangue, is a wooden frame, weighing about 201lbs, which is bolted round the neck of criminals convicted of certain minor offences. It rests on ...
With contemporary printed descriptive label: 'No. 32.- Decapitation. Our artist has seized the moment when the culprit, half stupefied with opium, having been shot out of the cage or basket in which he has reached the ground, has his queue firmly grasped and pulled over his head by a man who wil...