Wu Yue (吳樾) - a would-be assassin, killed by his own bomb, Beijing

Chained performing bear and food vendors, Peking

Ruin of the front gate of the Ming palace, Nanjing (南京市)

Public torture and execution (lingchi) of Wang Weiqin (王維勤), Beijing

Public torture and execution (lingchi) of Wang Weiqin (王維勤), Beijing

Public execution, Beijing

Public torture and execution (lingchi) of an unidentified man, Beijing

Public execution, Beijing

Bronze dragon tortoise, Forbidden City, Peking

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

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

Peking Fire Brigade, at the British Legation, Beijing, 1878

A photograph of a painting by Bessie L'Evesque Pirkis, of Amy Pirkis and baby Georgie Pirkis, with their Chinese amahs

A monument for Carl Heinrich Bismarck, a German Consul

Wanshan Bridge, Shijingshan District, Beijing (万善桥 北京)

Vi Newall and Ann Phipps, with groom, c.1932-33

Jack Behrens and Harold Caccia

Betty Oldfield, Ann Phipps and Awdry McNaughten by a representation of a city gate, Back Hill, Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

The ‘Garden of Harmonious Pleasures’ (谐趣园), Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

The ‘Garden of Harmonious Pleasures’ (谐趣园), Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

On the prow of the Marble Boat (石舫), ‘Boat of Purity and Ease’, Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

Car stuck in mud, north of Peking

Car stuck in mud, north of Peking

Feo, Lady Muir, Sir Kay Muir, Sir Miles Lampson and Margaret Lampson, Temple of Azure Clouds (Biyun Temple 碧云寺), Western Hills, Beijing

Margaret Lampson by a marble stupa, Temple of Azure Clouds (Biyun Temple 碧云寺), Western Hills, Beijing

Visiting the Temple of Azure Clouds (Biyun Temple 碧云寺), Western Hills, Beijing

Margaret Lampson by a marble stupa, Temple of Azure Clouds (Biyun Temple 碧云寺), Western Hills, Beijing

Sir Miles Lampson at Jacques Bardac's Temple, near Beijing

Sir Miles Lampson and Sybil Ossory, Shijingshan, Beijing

George Ossory wearing Sir Miles Lampson’s hat, Shijingshan, Beijing

Spring Races, Peking

Spring Races, Peking

Baron Leopold von Plessen with his dogs

Baron Leopold von Plessen

Brigadier Burnell Nugent with Ann Phipps, Peking

Pailou, near Peking

Sir Miles Lampson and visitors, British Legation, Peking

Lampson with 'Lamprey' ridden by Oswald Dallas, Peking

Race stewards, Peking

Sir Miles Lampson and others, by city walls, Peking

General and Mrs Borrett, Peking

The triple-arch bridge, Suzhou Market Street (苏州街; Suzhoujie), Summer Palace, Beijing

Seventeen-Arch Bridge (Shiqikong Qiao 十七孔橋) and ‘Spacious Pavilion’ (廓如亭), Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

The triple-arch bridge, Suzhou Market Street (苏州街; Suzhoujie), Summer Palace, Beijing

Banbi Bridge (半壁桥), Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

‘Strolling Through a Picture Scroll’ (Huazhongyou 画中游), Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

‘Strolling Through a Picture Scroll’ (Huazhongyou 画中游), Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

‘Strolling Through a Picture Scroll’ (Huazhongyou 画中游), Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

Biddy Carlisle taking a snap beside the ‘Tower for Loving the Hill’, Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

Madame de la Cour, Summer Palace, Peking

Sir Miles Lampson, Summer Palace, Peking

Sir Miles Lampson, with a camera, Peking

Sir Miles Lampson, Summer Palace, Peking

Visitors at ‘Strolling Through a Picture Scroll’ (Huazhongyou 画中游), Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

Two moon gates, Hanxu Hall (涵虚堂 / 涵虛堂 / Hánxūtáng), Nanhu Island (南湖島), Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

Peking Club swimming pool, Peking

A picnic on the Marble Boat (石舫), ‘Boat of Purity and Ease’, Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

Looking at goldfish (‘flowers that move’), British Legation, Beijing

Judge's Box, Autumn Races, Peking

The autumn races, Peking