The Photographs of Cixi in the Collection of the Palace Museum

Lin Jing

ISBN 10: 7800473724 / ISBN 13: 9787800473722

Published by Forbidden City Press, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Photographs of Cixi in the Collection of the Palace Museum
• Publisher: Forbidden City Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 7800473724
• ISBN 13: 9787800473722
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This is a collection of photographs of the Empress Dowager Cixi, featured at the Palace Museum. It contains a brief introductory biography of the Empress Dowager and chapter-by-chapter commentary about the photographs and the Dowager’s preferences regarding them. According to the documentary records of the hundreds of different photographs, also kept at the Palace Museum, the Dowager preferred full-length images of herself, with no close-ups. The book comments on the photographs’ compositions. With b&w and color photos.