Chinese Collection (page 82)

Riverside scene in Kashgar, western China
A riverside scene in Kashgar, western China. Laundry (perhaps washed in the river) appears to be hanging on walls to dry. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Father with children, Kashgar, western China
A father with two children outside their home in Kashgar, western China. He appears to be getting them washed from a small bowl of water. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Scene in a Kashgar market, western China
Scene in a crowded Kashgar market, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Mountain scene with travellers, Kashgar, western China
A mountain scene, showing people travelling in horse-drawn wagons, in Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Group of people in Kashgar, western China
A group of local men, together with a western colonial, pose outside a building in Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Setting up a camera shot, Kashgar, western China
Local men stand watching as a western man sets up his camera to take a shot, on a trip through Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Temple building in Kashgar, western China
A large temple building in Kashgar, western China, with people standing and kneeling in front. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Collecting water in Kashgar, western China
People collecting water in Kashgar, western China, and carrying it in buckets on poles across their shoulders. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Buddhist Head Monk - Xinjiang
Southern Chinese Buddhist Abbot in Zinjiang Province, China sitting in his Monastic Throne. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Men hauling a cart up a slope, Kashgar, western China
A group of men hauling a cart up a slope on a trip through Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Uniformed men in Kashgar, western China
A group of uniformed men in the mountains of Kashgar, western China. They are lined up in two rows, with one man at the centre, with a square archway behind him. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Outdoor scene in Kashgar, western China
An outdoor scene in Kashgar, western China, showing buildings, the top of a wall and a pathway. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Local men mixing cement in Kashgar, western China. One of the men is standing on top of the mixture and pouring water into it from a jar. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Men with donkeys in Kashgar, western China
A group of local men with donkeys on a trip through Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Two children in Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: 1932

Mother, daughter and pet dog
A Mother and daughter pose for a photograph in a garden in Devon in the 1910s. The lady holds an elegant Chinese-style parasol and the seated young girl is staying close to the small family pet dog

A Southern Chinese family photographed by Ralph Ponsonby Watts, a British diplomat, who undertook an amazing journey from Kashmir to Kashgar (in Xinjiang Province, southern China) in 1932

Scene outside a mosque in Kashgar, western China
A crowded scene outside a mosque in Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

A building by a river in Kashgar, western China
A small building at the side of a river in Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Kashgar Trip - Uyghur Woman - Headdress
Indigenous Uyghur woman of Kashgar with a remarkable headdress. A wonderful photographic portrait by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Colonel Ralph Ponsonby Watts (1892 - 1991)
Colonel Ralph Ponsonby Watts - a photograph taken during his journey from Kashmir through the Himalayan Mountain Pass to Kashgar in Chinese Turkestan

Local and western men in Kashgar, western China
A group of local and western men inside a building in Kashgar, western China. They appear to be handing round drinks, perhaps after a hard days travelling. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Indigenous Uyghur men of Kashgar. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Street scene in Kashgar, western China
A street scene in Kashgar, western China, showing a man shovelling a pile of sand. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Buddhist Monastery Interior
Southern Chinese Buddhist Monks in Zinjiang Province, China sit in lines before the Abbot. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Wooden building in Kashgar, western China
A wooden building in the mountains of Kashgar, western China, with a donkey or mule tethered up outside. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Group of local men, Kashgar, western China
A group of local men, probably travel guides, in the mountains of Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Men training a horse, Kashgar, western China
Three men training a horse in Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Mountain scene in Kashgar, western China
A mountain scene in Kashgar, western China, showing men, horses and donkeys. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

International Horse Show, Olympia, London
View of the arena inside the Grand Hall at the International Horse Show, Olympia exhibition centre, West Kensington, London

Port Arthur - The Pushkin School during the period of Russian occupation of the city. Port Arthur is now under Chinese control and is known as Lushunkou (a district in the municipality of Dalian)

Hong Kong - Des Voeux Road

Beijing, China - street scene

Beijing, China - street vendors

Types of Femininity: by Suzanne Meunier. No. IX. - The Rivie
Young girl in a flimsy sundress relaxing in a cane chair with a Chinese parasol

The Chinese Dress
A pretty young flapper shows off a Chinese dress and quite a lot of leg. She wears a matching brown jacket and flat black pumps

The Willow Pattern Tea House, Shanghai, China

Woman from Kashgar
A woman from Kashgar, in Xinjiang Province, China. She is likely a Uyghur woman, of Turkic ethnic extraction. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Time for Reflection by Elsie Harding
A ballerina in a very horizontal tutu skirt pauses by a mirrored door and is reflected along with the colour Chinese lanterns hanging nearby

The Chinese Collection, London, 1842
Engraving showing the interior of a Chinese Collection exhibition which was set up near Hyde Park Corner, London, in 1842

Chinese Soldiers advancing
A unit of Chinese soldiers, with swords and shields, advancing, 1876

Chinese Soldiers rolling forward
A unit of Chinese soldiers, armed with swords and shields, performing a forward roll

Chinese Girls playing with shuttlecocks, 19th cen
Engraving showing two Chinese girls in traditional dress playing with shuttlecocks; keeping them in the air only using their feet

Christmas Dinner in a Canadian Log Cabin, c. 1906
Illustration showing Chinese waiters bringing the Christmas dinner, suckling-pig, into a dining room full of Canadian frontiersmen, c.1906

Bullion Office. Bank of England. Sycee Silver
This bar of silver was used by the Chinese Emperor to pay a ransom. It is above the quality of British silver coin and has the date of issue

The Umbrella Courtship
Two children, a boy in a sailor suit and a girl in a country style bonnet, sit together underneath a Chinese paper parasol. A seaside scene can be just made out behind them

Japanese Fight Chinese
The Japanese in hand-to-hand combat with the Chinese

America, The Chinese in San Francisco. In the Chinese marker
Street scene with goods piled on a table under an awning for sale, chinese lanterns and hangings decorating the shop

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