The Photographs of Cixi in the Collection of the Palace Museum

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The Photographs of Cixi in the Collection of the Palace Museum

Author: Lin Jing

Order No. 3501

ISBN-13: 9787800473722

ISBN-10: 7800473724

Binding: Hardcover

Publisher: Forbidden City Press

Pub Year: 2002

Pages: 53

Language: English

Size: 6 x 7.5

Price: $22.95

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 documented 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.

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Weight 1 lbs