Photograph of Ladies of the Beijing Legations
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FSA A2010.06
place: label: Place
content: China
label: Place
content: Beijing (China)
topic: label: Topic
content: Diplomacy
label: Topic
content: Embassies
label: Topic
content: Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Legations women first visited the palace on January 1st, following the return of the Empress and Empress Dowager from exile. Pictured in the first row at center is Sarah Pike Conger, the wife of the American Minister to Beijing, and doyen of the legation women. This print was likely a gift to family members from the wife of the Italian ambassador, the Baroness Romano Avezzana (pictured in the front row, far left),
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (photographic print, Silver gelatin print, 8 x 10.5 in.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: January 1902
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Gift of Dr. Thomas Lawton
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A2010.06
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Single item
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A large print, showing a group of men, women and children standing before a Western-style building. On the back, captioned originally in pencil is "Photograph taken in Front of American Legation Peking China of the ladies and children of the Diplomatic Corps in January 1902 before going to the Audience of the Emperor and Empress Dowager of China." The rest of the caption is a complete list of the individuals.
label: Scope and Contents
content: 北京