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

Zhengyangmen (正阳门) / Qianmen (前门), Beijing

Seventeen-Arch Bridge (Shiqikong Qiao 十七孔橋), Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

Pailou at the Ming tombs, near Beijing

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

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

Jardine Matheson & Co, The Bund, Shanghai

Hermann Dawson-Gröne (Dawson-Grove), Tianjin

The Tientsin Lawn Tennis Club Team on a train

The Tientsin Lawn Tennis Club Team on a train

The Tientsin Lawn Tennis Club Team on a train

Customs men at the Peking Club in 1904

Customs men at the Peking Club, 1904

Customs men at the Peking Club in 1904

Entrance to the British Legation, Peking

Entrance to the British Legation, Peking

Entrance to the British Legation, Peking

British Legation at Peking

Hermann Dawson-Gröne (Dawson-Grove) with a tennis racquet, Tianjin

Hedgeland at Tientsin railway station for the departure of the Tientsin Lawn Tennis Club Team

Customs men at the Peking Club, 1904

The Empress Dowager Cixi and others, in a barge, Beihai Park, Beijing

Yuan Shikai

'The Jade River' canal, Legation Quarter, Peking

'The Beggars' Bridge', viewed from Zhengyangmen (正阳门) / Qianmen (前门), Beijing

Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, Peking

Albert Pirkis, Dr Stephen Bushell and student interpreters, British Legation, Beijing

British Minister Sir Thomas Wade and British Legation staff, Beijing, 1879

Sir Walter Caine Hillier, KCMG CB

Sir Walter Caine Hillier, KCMG CB

Harry, Guy and Walter Hillier at Balizhuang temple near Beijing

Guy Hillier with an unidentified man and a servant, Shanghai

Guy Hillier, Tianjin

Ada Hillier

Guy and Ada Hillier taking tea on a veranda, Beijing

Guy Hillier, with Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation staff, Beijing

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation premises, Beijing

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation premises, Beijing

Guy Hillier with Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation staff, Beijing

Guy Hillier

Sir Walter Caine Hillier, KCMG CB

Mr Carrington on a garden bench, with a Pekingese dog

Mr Carrington on a garden bench, with two Pekingese dogs, Shanghai

Two French Army Tonkinese (Vietnamese) guards with Mr Keane (American Company, Shanghai Volunteer Corps), at a sub-station, Peking Road, Shanghai, 1925

'Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest', Temple of Heaven, Peking

Temple of Heaven, Peking

Avenue of cedar trees, Tiantan (Temple of Heaven), Peking

Hall, Tiantan (Temple of Heaven), Peking

Circular Mound Altar, Temple of Heaven, Peking

Temple of Heaven, Peking

Gate of Divine Prowess (神武门), Forbidden City, Beijing

The Drum Tower (鼓楼 Gulou), Beijing

The Bell Tower (Zhonglou 钟楼), Beijing

Inner City (Tartar City) wall overlooking Chien Men Railway Station platforms, Beijing

Parliament building, Peking

Beihai Park, Peking

Female Lion (with cub) (tongshi 銅獅), Yonghe Temple (雍和宮) ‘The Lama Temple’, Beijing

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

Celestial globe and quadrant, Imperial Observatory, Peking

Armillary, Imperial Observatory, Peking