Photo in the French weekly "L'Illustration" of 21 November 1908 showing dowager empress Tzu-shi in 1902. The photo is presented as being the only "instantané" (snapshot) of the late empress dowager of China. The caption reads "Back in Peking in 1902, the Empress Tsou-Szi is waiving her handkerchief to greet the European ladies grouped atop the wall of the Tartar City.