China Collection (page 4)

Primula sinensis
Plate 660 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

LS Plate 2 from the John Reeves Collection
Large Series plate 2, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Cyprinus hybiscoides, common carp
Part of LS Plate 166 from the John Reeves Collection. John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

China poblana with roses. Oil on canvas. MEXICO

CHINA. BEIJING. Beijing. Forbidden City. Hall

Chinese Barber
In a Chinese barbershop, short back and sides is taken literally. circa 1911

Lushunkou - Port Arthur
Railway Station at Lushunkou (a district in the municipality of Dalian, Liaoning province, also called Lushun City or Lushun Port, formerly known as both Port Arthur and Ryojun...!). Date: circa 1910s

Zhaoling Tomb, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
View of the Zhaoling Tomb in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. It is the mausoleum of Huang Taiji (Emperor Taizong) of the Qing Dynasty and his Queen. Construction began in 1643 and took eight years

Mountain travellers in Kashgar, western China
Travellers making their way through the mountains of Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

China Yankee Imperialist
Representatives of the Chinese people, including a soldier, a sailor and an airman, drive Yankee imperialists out of Korea

Fishing with Cormorants
Fishing using cormorants in China

Zodiac / Taurus (Maxims)
portrayed as a bull in a china shop (although the china shop is seemingly a combination of the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum)

Chinese military trophies at Windsor Castle
A collection of Chinese weapons taken during the Opium War by the crew of the British steamer Nemesis, and presented to Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle: matchlocks and blunderbuss, polearms

Old Chinese Manuscript
Fragment from a manuscript of the Uigur dynasty : figures are shown writing and reading, and one is playing a lute-like musical instrument

Dragon Gods
Dragon gods

New Year, Imperial China
IMPERIAL CHINA At the Chinese new year, the emperor plows a furrow, symbolising the activities which, if nature is kind, will lead to abundant harvests

China / Great Wall C1830
A fortified enclosure along the wall, probably intended as a military encampment

Tchou-I / Literature
TCHOU-I god of literature, with some of his helpers

Hsi Wang Mu / Yin / Werner
HSI WANG MU The female (yin) principle of the Western Air

SPINDRIFT
British clipper for the China tea trade, which in 1868 won the ocean race from China to England

Flooded Market 1931
Marketing waist-deep in water, life at Hankow during the flood from the Yangtze river

China Tea Set
A china tea set - cup and saucer, teapot and plate for biscuits or cakes

Beijing (Liebig)
The temple of Ha-Ha-men

Opium Wars / Arrow
Chinese officials arrest the crew of the British ship Arrow as pirates sparking off the war

China c. 1880s - White Stag temple near Amoy Xiamen
Vintage 19th century photograph China c.1880s - White Stag temple near Amoy Xiamen

A tea ship, the Loudoun Castle (spelt Louden Castle in the picture), from Hankow, China, commencing unloading ( breaking bulk ). The ship discharged from her vast hold 40, 000 packages of tea

Man and woman of China, 1818. Man with tobacco pipe, holding hands with a woman. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal

Shocking result of binding girls feet, China, East Asia
The shocking result of binding girls feet in China, East Asia, meaning that in adult life the woman cannot walk properly, but only hobble. Date: 1922

Bubbling Well Road at Park Road corner, Shanghai, China - showing the Art Deco-influenced Grand Theatre (at number 216) which opened in 1933 and the Carlton Theatre at 2 Park Road. Date: circa 1935

The Xinhai Revolution, also known as the Chinese Revolution or the Revolution of 1911, was a revolution that overthrew Chinas last imperial dynasty (the Qing dynasty)

China Clay - Captives. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration. From the middle of the 1920s

China Clay - The Priest. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration. From the middle of the 1920s

Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident Super 3B-140
First-Flight Take-Off of the Hawker Siddeley Hs-121 Trident Super 3B-140 Most Powerful Variant of the Trident Family with a Photographer in the Foreground Date: 1975

Labourers unloading a barge, Hong Kong, c. 1900 Vintage early 20th century photograph
Labourers unloading a barge, Hong Kong, c.1900 Vintage early 20th century photograph

Chinese pleasure boat, China, c. 1890
Chinese pleasure boat, China, c.1890

China c. 1880s Jade Spring Hill Summer palace, Peking, Beijing
Vintage 19th century photograph China c.1880s - pagoda, Jade Spring Hill, near the Summer palace, Peking, Beijing

Chinese official in sedan chair, China, c. 1880s
Chinese official in sedan chair, China, c.1880s

HMS Carlisle, HMS Sirdar, Nanking, Nanjing, China 1927
Vintage c.1920s photograph: British Royal Navy ships, HMS Carlisle, HMS Sirdar, Nanking, Nanjing, China 1927

Tower on Tartar wall, Peking Beijing city walls c. 1900
Tower on Tartar wall, The Peking Beijing city walls

Photograph of China Ship PH, Wapping (Old), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Man and woman of Cochin China (Vietnam) 1818. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal Countries of the World, Darton

Shoe flower or China rose, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Jequirity bean or rosary pea, Abrus precatorius, Abro da corone. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Malay cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus, Rev. A.C. Brookes pair, prizes at Crystal Palace and Birmingham 1871, Dublin 1872

Edwardian fireplace with ornaments. circa 1908

Monteith or jardiniere with Acanthus foliage reliefs. Chromolithograph by W. Griggs from Frederick Rathbones Old Wedgwood, the Decorative or Artistic Ceramic Work Produced by Josiah Wedgwood

Tartar soldiers, Qing Dynasty China
Tartar soldiers going to mount guard at the palace gates, Qing Dynasty China. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin

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