Comprising eight individual albums and hundreds of photographs, these family albums offer a unique glimpse of an important period of modern history. Covering the period c. 1860–1950, the albums reflect life and conflict in Asia—and especially China—from the point of view of a family which was intimately involved with the diplomatic and expatriate communities from Beijing to Bombay. Especially noteworthy are the excellent and detailed photographic records of diplomatic and foreign student life in Beijing at the turn of the 19th/20th century as well as the siege of the Beijing Legations by the Boxer rebels and its aftermath.

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