The Empress Dowager Cixi and attendants on the imperial barge on Zhonghai, Beijing

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Local Numbers: FSA A.13 SC-GR-285

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; Junshou; Li, Lianying, 1848-1911; Li, Lianying, 1848-1911; Longyu, Empress dowager of China, 1868-1913; Rongling, 1882-1973; Xunling, 1874-1943; Yuanda Nainai; 俊寿; 元大奶奶; 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; 蓉齡; 蓉龄; 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; 故宫; Zhonghai; 中海; 中南海

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

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, 24.1 x 17.8 cm.(9.5 x 7 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-285

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.

Genre/Form: Photographs

Scope and Contents: A reproduction taken from a print. Original is SC-GR-265. From left to right: Three unidentified eunuchs (Possibly Second Chief Eunuch Cui Yigui in center), Yuanda Nainai, Fourth Princess (daughter of Prince Qing), Empress Longyu, unidentified attendant (possibly Third Princess), Cixi, unidentified attendant, unidentified attendant, First Chief Eunuch Li Lianying, Jinfei, Princess Der Ling (Deling), Lily, Junshou, Lady Yugeng (Louisa Pierson), Rongling