2635975 China: Official portrait of Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908) by court photographer Yu Xunling, c. 1895 by Yu Xunling (c.1880??943); (add.info.: Empress Dowager Cixi (Wade-Giles: Tz\'u-Hsi, 29 November 1835 - 15 November 1908) of the Manchu Yehe Nara Clan, was a powerful and charismatic figure who became the de facto ruler of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China for 47 years from 1861 to her death in 1908.); Pictures from History; Chinese, out of copyright.