"Reception of the Foreign Ministers and Consuls by the Emperor of China at Peking", from The Illustrated London News

Engraving, described by the article on the reverse page as being an engraving of a drawing by Mr Malet, Secretary to the British Legation at Pekin [Peking], which shows the reception of foreign representatives by the Emperor on June 29 1873. The diplomatic representatives pictured include Mr [Thomas...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Home/China Pictures/10
Date(s) of creation: [1873]
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

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title "Reception of the Foreign Ministers and Consuls by the Emperor of China at Peking", from The Illustrated London News
scb_date_creation [1873]
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description Engraving, described by the article on the reverse page as being an engraving of a drawing by Mr Malet, Secretary to the British Legation at Pekin [Peking], which shows the reception of foreign representatives by the Emperor on June 29 1873. The diplomatic representatives pictured include Mr [Thomas] Wade, C.B., the Envoy of Queen Victoria; Governor Low, the United States Minister; General Vlangaly, the Russian Ambassador; Herr Bismark, Interpreter to the Prussian or German Legation; the French Minister, M. de Geoffroy, and Mr Ferguson, the representative of Holland. They are received by the young Emperor, the Grand Secretary of State, the Prince of Kung and four other Princes.
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