Lin Collection

Common flax or linseed, Linum usitatissimum. Lin cultive. Handcoloured steel engraving by L. Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Wild flax, Linum lewisii
Le Lin sauvage. Wild flax, Linum lewisii. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

Entertainment in the village of Lin-Cong, China. One villager plays the banjo whilst the others crowd round to watch, whilst smoking and drinking. 1859

FALL / PEKINGESE / 1953
CHAMPION YU-TONG, CHAMPION TONG-TUO and CHAMPION LIN-YU- TANG, all of Alderbourne, on a step ladder. Owned by Miss Ashton Cross. Date: 1953

THEATRE / EXOTIC / TIEN-LIN
The Theatre at Tien-Lin attracts a large audience for the traditional play being performed on the raised staging. Date: circa 1840

Woman in a straw sunhat watering pots of flowers, Lantau, HK
A young woman in a straw sunhat watering pots of flowers outside the Po Lin Monastery in Lantau Island, Hong Kong Date: 1982

Communist China - Lin Biao giving a speech
Lin Biao (1907-1971), one of Mao Zedongs closest supporters. Seen here giving a speech to Chinese soldiers during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). circa late 1930s

Ruth Harkness and her baby Giant Panda Diana, 1938
Following the success of her trip to China to capture a live Giant Panda, Manhattan socialite Ruth Harkness(Mrs. William Harness Jnr)(1900-1947) returns to China for another Giant Panda

Ruth Harkness and her baby Giant Panda, Sun-Lin
Manhattan socialite Ruth Harkness(Mrs. William Harness Jnr)(1900-1947) fulfils her explorer husbands dream of capturing alive the first Giant Panda

Nelsons Column - Trafalgar Square, London Date: circa 1910s

Chinese beauty westernised, 1915
Two young Chinese women in western costume: Misses Amy and May Leu Yuk Lin, daughters of the Chinese ex-Minister, pictured in 1915

Lin Biao (1907 - 1971)
Lin Biao (Piao), Chinese Communist military leader, co-leader of the Manchurian Field Army of the Peoples Liberation Army

Tin-Lin of Canton
TIN-LIN Chinese administrator, governor of Canton (now Guangzhou or Kwangchow) Date: circa 1860

Rinnasei (Lin Hejing). Drawing shows a man with two children and a large bird, possibly a rhea. Date between 1830 and 1868

Grandville Flax 1847
LIN flax (linum) Date: 1847

Lincing Deity
Deity named LIN-SING (?) by the Dutch ambassadors (note the enormous size of the idol)

Porcelain Tower Nanking
NANKING PAGODA, the porcelain tower known also as the temple of Pau Lin Shi. Inside the temple are over 10, 000 images made of plaster, some of them are over 6 feet high. Date: 1653 - 1670

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