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Throne Room in the Summer Palace

National Museum of Asian Art

Object Details

Local Numbers
FSA A.13 SC-GR-273
Collector
Der Ling, Princess, 1885-1944
Names
Cixi, Empress dowager of China, 1835-1908
Der Ling, Princess, 1885-1944
勳齡
德齡郡主
德龄公主, 1885-1944
慈禧太后, 1835-1908
老佛爺
裕勋龄
裕德龄
西太后
Collection Photographer
Xunling, 1874-1943
Place
China
Beijing (China)
China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
Topic
Photography -- China
Collector
Der Ling, Princess, 1885-1944
See more items in
Cixi, Empress Dowager of China, Photographs
Extent
1 Glass plate negative (glass plate negative 1, 12.7 x 10.2 cm.( 5 x 4in.))
Medium
glass negative
Archival Repository
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Identifier
FSA.A.13, Item FSA A.13 SC-GR-273
Type
Archival materials
Glass plate negatives
Photographs
Collection Citation
Cixi, Empress Dowager of China, Photographs. FSA.A.13. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Bibliography
Published in: The Princess Der ling, "Old Buddha" (facing page 114)
Genre/Form
Photographs
Scope and Contents
A reproduction taken from a print.
Collection Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1585218699616-1585218699637-3
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3186db6de-5eae-4c7f-8ea7-f50e463104a6

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