Showing posts with label asian history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label asian history. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Early Photo of a Large Inscription on Riguang Rock Celebrating a Defeat of Japanese Forces in Xiamen, China (1871)

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Photo of an inscription on Riguang Rock celebrating a defeat of Japanese forces (probably actually pirates) in Xiamen, China, c. 1871. Taken...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Portrait of Two Buddhist Monks in Guangzhou, China (1869)

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Portrait of two Buddhist monks in Canton (Guangzhou), China, 1869. By Scottish photographer John Thomson. Source: Wellcome Images.
Saturday, January 20, 2018

Portrait of a Nightwatchman Posing at an Entrance of a Building in Beijing, China (1869)

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Portrait of a nightwatchman posing at an entrance of a building in Peking (Beijing), China, 1869. By Scottish photographer John Thomson. ...
Sunday, January 7, 2018

Portrait of a Mongolian Woman Somewhere in China (1871)

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Portrait of a Mongolian woman somewhere in China, 1871. By Scottish photographer John Thomson. Source: Wellcome Images.
Monday, October 23, 2017

Portrait of a Boat Girl in Canton (Guangzhou), China, by Scottish Photographer John Thomson (1869)

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Portrait of a boat girl in Canton (Guangzhou), China, by Scottish photographer John Thomson, 1869. Source: Wellcome Images.
Friday, May 26, 2017

Daguerreotype Portrait of a Man Named Tsow Chaoong Posing with a Daguerreotype and Fan (1847)

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Daguerreotype portrait of a man named Tsow Chaoong posing with a daguerreotype and fan, 1847. Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.