Peking - Beijing.

£1,200 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

A rare and interesting album of images produced in the wake of the Boxer rebellion. The publication has no printed title or imprint but it was clearly produced in China/Peking. It was possibly printed by Yamamoto who was the only publisher in Peking technically able to produce something of this quality. It was intended to be sold as a souvenir to Allied troops who were permanently stationed there after the signing of the Boxer Protocol and shows photographs of the Wall/Gates of Peking, a number of important temples and gardens, and the Forbidden City including shots of the private living quarters of the Emperor and the Empress.

• Year: 1903

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