Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Edward Bangs Drew

 Chinese travelling to market, 1886
  
 Mr. Hancock & his staff ascending the Red River, Tonquin, 1892
  
 Rusticating in country, near Ningpo, 1878-80
  
 Tartar general (front row, center) and other Chinese officials posing outside with Western diplomats and military officers, including Japanese naval officer, ca. 1905
  
 Village scene in China showing small pailou
["pailou" seems to refer to the gate]
  
 Wedding party and guests posing outside on veranda and steps of building in Fuzhou, 1913
  
William Cartwright, Chinese Maritime Customs Service commissioner; 
his wife, sitting on a horse; and an unidentified Chinese groom, 1892

1 comment:

  1. According to Merriam-Webster, "pailou" is a commemorative archway constucted in honor of a highly esteemed person.

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