Translation Gallery

Anna May Wong in The Circle of Chalk

Miss Anna May wong as Chang-Hi-Tang dancing before the tea-shop keeper in The Circle of Chalk, an ancient Chinese lay translated into English by James Laver and produced at the New Theatre in London by Mr. Basil Dean, with a cast headed by Anna May Wong as Chang-Hi-Tang, a young girl who is sold to a tea-house by her poverty striken mother. Date: 1929

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Javan rusa or Sunda sambar deer, Rusa timorensis. Vulnerable

Javan rusa or Sunda sambar deer, Rusa timorensis. Vulnerable. The Rusa Deer or Samboo Stag in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by W. Panormo from William Smellie's translation of Count Georges Buffon's History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Thomas Kelly, London, 1829

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Arabian oryx or white oryx, Oryx leucoryx. Vulnerable

Arabian oryx or white oryx, Oryx leucoryx. Vulnerable. The Antelope Lycoureux in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by W. Panormo after an illustration by Horace S. Smith from William Smellie's translation of Count Georges Buffon's History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Thomas Kelly, London, 1829

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