Near where the Porcelain Tower formerly stood, the largest and principal bridge of Nanjing spans the main trunk of the canal
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Traditional clothing from China. Chinese National Costumes
The Imperial Travelling Palace at the Hoo kew shan.
The locality is one of the most famed in Chinese history, for its romantic scenery
The Imperial Palace at Ts’ao shan. The three hills of King-kow.
About three miles north-east from Chin-keang-foo, the provincial capital of Jiang Nan (Chinese: 江南;), from the broad bright waters of the Yangtse keang, rise the picturesque and precipitous rocky islets called “the three hills of King-kow.”
Woman from Hong Kong in traditional Chinese costume.
Woman from Hong Kong in traditional Chinese costume.
A Chinese cotton wool cleaner, 19th century.
Our engraving represents an early stage of the latter-the cleaning the cotton-wool, before it passes into the hands of the spinner.
A Tatar Tiger Guard of the Chinese Emperor. Tatar troops at Beijing.
The Tatar soldiers form the garrison of towns; and they are, in an especial manner the guards of the emperor. In each town they are under a general, who is independent of the officer who commands outside the walls.
Upper class Chinese nobility in 1840.
Chinois de la haute classe. Natural History and pictures of the people and the different races and tribes
Chinese garden – Paris exhibition grounds, 1878.
The Paris Exposition Universelle of 1878 By Arthur Chandler.
The Emperor of China, 1843.
The Emperor of China. L’empereur de Chine. Asian costumes by Auguste Wahlen.
The Taotai. Chinese Governor of Kashgar.
Chinese Governor of Kashgar. The Taotai of Kashgar. A Chinese provincial Governor seated in front of his felt tent, accompanied by a soldier of his suite. Photograph by Prince Alexander… Read More