Object Details
Photographer
Xunling, 1874-1943
Names
Cixi, Empress dowager of China, 1835-1908
Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
Collection Collector
Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980
Collection Creator
McIntosh, Burr, 1862-1942
Collection Citation
The Alice Roosevelt Longworth Collection of Photographs from the 1905 Taft Mission to Asia, FSA A2009.02. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Scope and Contents
A photograph received by Alice Roosevelt in September 1905 following an audience at the Summer Palace with the Emperor Guangxu and the Empress Dowager Cixi for members of the Taft Mission to Asia.
北京 慈禧 慈禧太后 勋龄
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Local Numbers
FSA A2009.02 04
Place
Beijing (China)
China
Topic
Diplomacy
Travel
Photographer
Xunling, 1874-1943
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The Alice Roosevelt Longworth Collection of Photographs from the 1905 Taft Mission to Asia
Biographical / Historical
Alice Roosevelt visited Beijing in September of 1905 as a member of the William H. Taft Mission to Asia. According to her autobiography, the afternoon following an audience at the Summer Palace with the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, a troop of Manchu horsemen delivered the photograph on an imperial yellow chair.
Extent
1 Gelatin silver print (image: 23 x 17 cm.)
Date
1903
Archival Repository
National Museum of Asian Art Archives
Identifier
FSA.A2009.02, Item FSA A2009.02 04
Type
Archival materials
Gelatin silver prints
Photographic prints
Portraits
Photographs
Collection Rights
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Genre/Form
Photographic prints
Portraits
Photographs -- 1900-1910
Collection Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
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Record ID
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