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 the Azure Clouds, Western Hills, Beijing

Margaret Lampson by a marble stupa, Temple of the Azure Clouds, Western Hills, Beijing

The Temple of the Azure Clouds, Peking

Margaret Lampson by a marble stupa, Temple of the Azure Clouds, 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

Ann Phipps and D'Arcy Baker-Carr, Autumn Races, Peking

Sir Eric Teichman at the Autumn Races, Peking

French, American and British Ministers, Peking

British Legation, Peking

British Legation entrance gate, Peking

British Legation, Peking

Minister's Room (Sir Miles Lampson’s office), British Legation, Beijing

The Hall, British Legation, Peking

Passage across the courtyard, British Legation, Peking

Waiting Room, British Legation, Peking

Sitting Room, British Legation, Beijing

Dining Room, British Legation, Beijing

Inner Hall, British Legation, Beijing

The Chinese Drawing Room, British Legation, Beijing

The Chinese Drawing Room, British Legation, Beijing

The Drawing Room, British Legation, Beijing

The Drawing Room, British Legation, Beijing

The Drawing Room, British Legation, Beijing

British Legation, Peking

The start of a paper hunt (paperchase), Ma-Ta-Hsia, near Beijing

Crew of HMS Suffolk at the British Legation, Peking