Albert Pirkis and Bessie L'Evesque Pirkis in a garden, with a Chinese man, British Legation, Beijing

Albert and Bessie Pirkis in a room with a Chinese man, Beijing

Stele Pavilion, Tomb of Yongle Emperor (Changling tomb), near Beijing

An altar with ritual objects in the third courtyard at Changling (tomb of the Yongle Emperor), Beijing

Altar and tablet to Confucius, Hall of Great Accomplishment (Dachengdian), Confucius Temple, Beijing

Yang Fang in the smaller courtyard of his house, Beijing

Dalailou, Xihuangsi (West Yellow Temple 西黄寺), Beijing

Stone warrior with folded hands, on the Shen Dao (神道 Spirit Way) leading to the Ming Tombs, near Beijing

A tablet house (stele pavilion, beiting), Hall of the Classics (辟雍大殿 Guozijian), Beijing

The 'living tomb' of a Buddhist priest, fundraising for repairs to a monastery, Beijing

Astronomical instruments, Imperial Observatory (北京观象台 Guanxiangtai), Beijing

Hired bannermen for a Manchu funeral procession

An itinerant fruit seller, Beijing

'Old Wang', a night watchman, wearing a sheep-skin coat and with his wooden clapper

An itinerant chiropodist operating on a corn, Beijing

Manchu women buying flowers as ornaments for their headdress (qitou), Beijing

A Manchu bride in her wedding clothes, with her maid, in a rock garden (one of Yang Fang's courtyards) Beijing

A Manchu woman with her maid, in a rock garden (one of Yang Fang's courtyards), Beijing

An itinerant porcelain rivetter (mender of broken chinawear), Beijing

A collector of printed paper scraps, Beijing