Chinese embassy (recto)
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- Title:
- Chinese embassy (recto)
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- Asian Studies
- Publisher:
- Jeremiah Gurney & Son
- Publication Date:
- 1868
- ID Number:
- RMM06567_b01_001a
- Collection Number:
- 6567
- File Name:
- RMM06567_b01_001a.jpg
- Work Type:
- photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
- Subject:
- East Asia
Ambassadors
Chinese embassy - Measurement:
- 2 /8 x 4 1/4 (inches, height x width)
- Description:
- A wide, formal, monochromatic portrait of 13 men, seemingly intended as a political portrait. The figures are arrayed symmetrically, with four standing men in Chinese dress on either side, flanking 4 seated men, half in Chinese dress and half in Western dress, and a standing man in Western dress with long whiskers standing in the center (U.S. diplomat Anson Burlingame). Most figures are looking toward the camera. Below the image are annotations in English and Chinese that may identify the participants but are illegible. Four of the figures are seated, the other 9 are standing.
- Notes:
- One of 5 carte-de-visites of Chinese embassy related photographs in this collection, the other 4 by Mathew B. Brady & Co.
- Cite As:
- 1868 Chinese Embassy Related Photos, #6567. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Chinese embassy related photos
- Box:
- 1
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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