The Empress Dowager Cixi surrounded by attendants in front of Renshoudian, Summer Palace, Beijing

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Local Numbers: FSA A.13 SC-GR-275

Photographer: Xunling, 1874-1943
Collector: Der Ling, Princess, 1885-1944
Names: Cixi, Empress dowager of China, 1835-1908; Cui Yugui; Der Ling, Princess, 1885-1944; Guangxu, Emperor of China, 1871-1908; Jinfei, 1874-1924; Li, Lianying, 1848-1911; Li, Lianying, 1848-1911; Longyu, Empress dowager of China, 1868-1913; Xunling, 1874-1943; 光绪皇帝, 1871-1908.; 勋龄, 1874-1943; 勳齡; 四格格; 崔玉贵; 德齡郡主; 德龄公主, 1885-1944; 慈禧太后, 1835-1908; 瑾妃; 老佛爺; 裕勋龄; 裕德龄; 西太后
Collection Photographer: Xunling, 1874-1943

Place: China; China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912; Beijing (China); 北京; Yihe Yuan (Beijing, China); 颐和园; 仁寿殿

Topic: Photography -- China; Empresses; Dogs; Palaces; Eunuchs

Photographer: Xunling, 1874-1943
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 4 in.))

Medium: glass negative

Date: 1903-1905

Archival Repository: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Identifier: FSA.A.13, Item FSA A.13 SC-GR-275

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, "Two Years in the Forbidden City" (facing page 148)

Genre/Form: Photographs

Scope and Contents: A reproduction taken from a print. Left front, Second Chief Eunuch Cui Yugui; Right front, First Chief Eunuch Li Lianying; Left of Cixi; Empress Longyu; far left of Cixi, Jinfei; Right of Cixi, , Fourth Princess (daughter of Prince Qing). The dog in front of Cixi is her favorite, "Sea Otter."