EditorialCourt in Beijing Indian Clothing / Cours, Habillemens, Salutations, etc. des Indiens (title on object) The Indes Orientales and Occidentals and autres lieux (series title), The court in Beijing with three pagodas. On a square walk Japanese, Chinese, Ta...
EditorialThe Surrender of the Khan of Badakhsan, 1772, Etching and engraving, Sheet: 25 3/4 ? 39 9/16 in. (65.4 ? 100.5 cm), Prints, Pierre Philippe Choffard (French, Paris 1730?1809 Paris), after Jean Damascene (French, Rome 1727?1781 Beijing), (direxit) Charl...
EditorialPerspectivischer Grund Riss, and Auffzug of the Sinesischer Kaiserl. Castle to Beijing ..., Perspective floor plan and elevation of the 18th century Chinese Imperial Castle, signed: J. B. F. v. Chr., E. del, TA., XL, p. 160, Fischer von Erlach, Johann ...
EditorialChina. Beijing. Chinese Ethnic Culture Park (China Nationalities Museum). At background, the National Stadium (Nao Chao), built for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
EditorialChina. Beijing. Chinese Ethnic Culture Park (China Nationalities Museum). At background, the National Stadium (Nao Chao), built for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
EditorialChina. Beijing. Chinese Ethnic Culture Park (China Nationalities Museum). At background, the National Stadium (Nao Chao), built for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
EditorialChina. Beijing. Chinese Ethnic Culture Park (China Nationalities Museum). At background, the National Stadium (Nao Chao), built for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
EditorialTchien Lung (aka Qianlong, 1711-1799) - Emperor of China, Qing dynasty. William Alexander (1767-1816) accompanied Lord Macartney's embassy to visit the Chinese Emperor in Beijing from 1792 to 1794. From numerous sketches he made during his stay, h...
EditorialTypical Chinese roofs, intricate woodwork and tiles in Imperial Yellow on the Lama Temple in Beijing. The former palace of Emperor Yongzheng (1723-1736) was turned into a temple in 1732. See 05-01-02 / 22-28.
EditorialTheater Plays in Beijing. The love for the theater in Beijing is reaching almost absurd dimensions, and strangely enough in all the plays it is about whether Mr. Alfred will marry Miss Josephine. There is no better proof for the stupidity of the Chines...
EditorialPeristyle of a courtroom in the Imperial Palace at Yuen-Ming-Yuen, near Beijing, China. From Samuel Holmes' Journal of a Voyage to China and Tartary, 1798. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno?s Col...