Picnic at the Tomb of the Princess, Peking

Avenue of white pines (Pinus bungeana) at ‘White Pine Temple’ (隆恩寺 Longen Temple), Shijing Hills (石景山), near Beijing

Avenue of white pines (Pinus bungeana) at ‘White Pine Temple’ (隆恩寺 Longen Temple), Shijing Hills (石景山), near Beijing

Sir Miles Lampson at ‘White Pine Temple’ (隆恩寺 Longen Temple), Shijing Hills (石景山), near Beijing

Visitors at ‘White Pine Temple’ (隆恩寺 Longen Temple), Shijing Hills (石景山), near Beijing

Picnic at the Tomb of the Princess, Beijing

The Tomb of the Princess, Peking

Watching Ann Phipps doing the long jump, ‘after luncheon sports’ at the Tomb of the Princess, Beijing

Shying stones (‘after luncheon sports’), at the Tomb of the Princess, Beijing

After luncheon sports (‘Puss-in-the-corner’), at the Tomb of the Princess, Beijing

Sir Miles Lampson ‘putting the weight’ (after luncheon sports), at the Tomb of the Princess, Beijing

Group at the Tomb of the Princess, Peking

The Tomb of the Princess, Peking

Walking past Yunhui Yuyu pailou, gongshi, and a petrified log, Summer Palace, Beijing

Posing with the male lion (tongshi 銅獅), Summer Palace, Beijing

Male lion (tongshi 銅獅), Summer Palace, Beijing

Playing tennis, Italian Legation Guard, Peking

Fortified perimeter and glacis, Legation Quarter, Beijing

Northern entrance to the Legation Quarter, off Dongchanganjie, Peking

Road, Peking

Tuan Cheng Fortress, Beijing

Flower Street, Peking

Gateway, Peking

Flower Street, Peking

Corner of the Chinese City wall, Peking

City gate, Peking

Corner of the Chinese City wall, Peking

Yiheyuan, Wanshoushan, Kunming Lake, Peking

On prow of the Boat of Purity and Ease, Summer Palace, Peking

Fergy, with bamboo pole

Bridge, Peking

Scots Guards marching, with band, Peking

Event at St Michael's Church, Legation Quarter, Peking

Event at St Michael's Church, Legation Quarter, Peking

Soldiers marching

Sir Miles Lampson and stables, Peking

Sunday lunch at the British Legation Lodge (Ta Tau Tze), near Beijing

Camels by Peking city walls

Camel caravan in winter

Sunday lunch at the British Legation Lodge (Ta Tau Tze), near Beijing

Victor Blundell with the Lampsons

King's Birthday Parade, Peking

King's Birthday Parade, Peking

King's Birthday Parade, Peking

Sir Miles Lampson, King's Birthday Parade, Peking

King's Birthday Parade, Peking

Photographers at the King's Birthday Parade, Peking

Sir Miles Lampson at the King's Birthday Parade, Peking

Rachel Lampson and Mrs MacMurray, Peking

John Van Antwerp MacMurray and Sir Miles Lampson, Peking

John Van Antwerp MacMurray and Sir Miles Lampson, Peking

British Legation staff, Peking

Sir Miles Lampson and Colonel Badham-Thornhill, Peking

Sir Miles Lampson, Peking

The Pagoda of Buddhist Virtue, Summer Palace, Peking

Kunming Lake from the Summer Palace, Wanshoushan, Peking

Bridge at the Summer Palace, Beijing

Bridge at the Summer Palace, Beijing

Guard with trumpet, Summer Palace, Peking

Kunming Lake, Peking