Itinerant barber plaiting a customer's queue, Peking

Priests

Manchu women in street, by pailou

Three young women

Funeral procession, with mourners dressed in white preceding the coffin, Beijing

Grand funeral procession

Funereal offerings

Grand funeral procession

Umbrella holder and drummer

Musician with a gong, for a funeral procession

Studio portrait of a Chinese woman and a Manchu woman, with a pot of chrysanthemums

Peking opera cast for 'The Commander Who Wanted to Execute His Own Son'

Mei Lanfang (centre) in the opera 'Picking up the the Jade Bracelet'

Opera performer with feather headdress

Bound feet and shoe

Bound feet

Bound foot

Bound feet

Bound foot

Woman with bound feet

Car formerly used by the Empress Dowager, Peking

Camel train and Jade Fountain Hill, Beijing

Yangyunxuan (养云轩) Bridge and Long Corridor (长廊), Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

The Bronze Ox (铜牛), ‘Spacious Pavilion’ (廓如亭) and Seventeen Arch Bridge (十七孔橋), Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

The Bronze Ox (铜牛), Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

‘Natural Affinity of Water and Trees’ (Shuimuziqin 水木自亲) and Longevity Hill (万寿山), Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

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

Jade Belt Bridge (玉带桥), Kunming Lake, Summer Palace, Beijing

Archway of Glorious Clouds and Jade Eaves / Glowing Clouds and Holy Land Archway (Yunhui Yuyu 云晖玉宇坊), Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

Stupa at ‘Four Great Regions’ (四大部洲), Back Hill, Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

Hall of Benevolence and Longevity (仁寿殿), Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

Duobao Glazed Pagoda (多宝琉璃塔), Longevity Hill (Wanshoushan 万寿山), Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

Entrance of Temple of Imperial World, Temple of Heaven, Peking

Imperial Vault of Heaven, Temple of Heaven, Peking

Tablet of Heaven in the Temple of Imperial World, Temple of Heaven, Peking

Altar of Heaven, Temple of Heaven, Peking

Imperial Tablet Hall, Temple of Heaven, Peking

Entrance gate and Happy New Hall, Temple of Heaven, Peking

Entrance of Happy New Hall, Temple of Heaven, Peking

Beside Fuchengmen (阜成門), Beijing

Steamship 'Shasi II' (沙市) in Shanghai

Steamship 'Hsin Peking' (新北京) in Shanghai

Steamship 'Tungchow II' ('Hsin Peking II')

The Glazed Archway of Guozijian, Peking

Trees around The Confucian Temple, Peking

The Confucian Temple in Peking

Yonghe Temple (雍和宮) ‘The Lama Temple’, Beijing

The Bell Tower, Yonghe Temple (雍和宮) ‘The Lama Temple’, Beijing

Yonghe Temple (雍和宮) ‘The Lama Temple’, Beijing

Yonghe Temple (雍和宮) ‘The Lama Temple’, Beijing

Qiniandian, Temple of Heaven, Peking

Circular Mound Altar, Temple of Heaven, Peking

The Temple of Heaven, Peking

Road approaching the Drum Tower, Peking

The Bell Tower (钟楼 Zhonglou), Beijing, viewed from the Drum Tower (鼓楼 Gulou)

A rickshaw in Peking, Coal Hill in the background

Beihai Park from afar, Peking

Gate and city walls, Peking, c.1907

A corner tower and city walls, Peking, c.1907

The Methodist Hospital (Hopkins Memorial Hospital; now Tongren Hospital 同仁医院) and Hatamen Street, Beijing