Court staff on the ‘Yonghe’ (永和) paddle steamer, approaching Xiuyi Bridge (绣漪桥), Summer Palace (颐和园), Beijing (北京)
Collection
Identifier
BL-s094
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: BL-s094. Copy of a photograph owned by John Proctor Affleck and Elaine Affleck. The caption on the back of this modern copy print was written by the Billie Love Historical Collection. Xiuyi Bridge or Bridge of Embroidered Ripples (绣漪桥) is near the south Ruyi gate to Kunming Lake, New Summer Palace, Yiheyuan, Peking (Beijing). Paddleboat photographed from a towed boat during a (diplomatic) audience with the Empress Dowager. See JC-s298.
Caption on photograph
THE SUMMER PALACE. TAKEN AT AN AUDIENCE, 1904
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