Chung Collection

Chung Ling Soo (real name William Robinson). The other side of the previously shown circular flyer showing a portrait of Soo in the centre of a Willow Pattern Plate

Rival Chinese magicians Chung Ling Soo & Ching Ling Foo
Rival Chinese magicians, Chung Ling Soo (real name, Billy Robinson) seen top putting his wife Suee Seen (aka Olive or Dot ) into a cannon as part of his act at the London Hippodrome

Chung Ling Soo at the London Hippodrome
Chung Ling Soo, Chinese conjuror (real name Billy Robinson) in publicity photographs for his act at the London Hippodrome in 1904. Date: 1904

The Eaglets attack on Chinese junks at Toong-Chung
The chartered steamer Eaglets attack on Chinese junks at Toong-Chung, China, during the Second Opium War. 1857

Magician Chung Loo
Colour illustrated poster advertising magician Chung Loo, drawn by Clyff, dated 13 November 1922. HPF/5B/3

CHINA. Jiayuguan. The Silk Road. Gobi Desert. Jiayu Fort

Street in Chinatown, New York City, USA, with shops and restaurants. Date: circa 1940

Robinson Magician
William Ellsworth Robinson, stage name Chung Ling Soo, enjoyed a successful career as a stage magician until his catching-a-bullet-in-his-mouth trick went fatally wrong... 1861 - 1918

Beijing in 1884. Engraving

CHINA. SHANSI. Warriors of Xi an (1st c. )
CHINA. SHANSI. Warriors of Xi an (1st c.)

China (18th c. ). Beijing. Etching. FRANCE. Paris
China (18th c.). Beijing. Etching. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

CHINA. HUPEH. Danjiangkou. Wudang Mountains

CHINA. Xiahe. Monastery of Labrang. The Silk Road. Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism (Geluk or Yellow Hat School)

CHINA. Turpan. The Silk Road. Emin Minaret (1777) by the Sugong Mosque

CHINA. Xian. City walls

CHINA. Dunhuang. Mogao Caves. The Silk Road

CHINA. Jiayuguan. The Silk Road. Gansu Province. Gobi desert. Jiayuguan City. Overhanging Great Wall

CHINA. Turpan. The Silk Road. Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves complex (5th-9th c.). The road

CHINA. NORTH WEST. The Silk Road. Binglingsi Grottoes. Liujiaxia Reservoir

CHINA. NORTH WEST. The Silk Road. Entrance to

Terracotta Army. 221-206 BC. CHINA. Xian. Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, Qin Si Huang. Chinese art. Qin period

Taeping / Junks Destroyed
The blowing up of the Chinese Commodores junk, and burning of others, at Toon-Chung

WEN CHUNG, a demi-god & the minister of thunder

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