Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length standing portrait of a Manchu soldier, posed against a plain backdrop and holding a matchlock gun.
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length standing portrait of a Manchu archer, posed against a plain backdrop in the act of drawing his bow.
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait group of a man and two women, posed in front of a wall: 'The Mongols shown here ... belong to the nomadic and pastoral races inhabiting the steppes of Mongolia. They visit Peking in great numbers during the winter months, and bring with them ...
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length portrait of two Korean men: 'Corea is one of the nations tributary to China, and although her king may be esteemed an independent sovereign, he yet sends an annual embassy of tribute-bearers to Peking. I happened to be in that capital in 1871 whe...
The Bronze Temple, Yuen-ming-yuen. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking down onto the temple: 'This picture ... presents to the reader one of the most interesting buildings in the grounds of the Imperial Summer Palace, standing at the foot of Wan-show-shan upon a basis of white marble, and constructed—doors, windows, pi...