Dr and Mrs John Preston Maxwell by the Legation wall, Beijing

Father Christmas arrives at the British Legation on a camel, Beijing, 1923

German Guard on Legation Wall, Peking Mutiny 1912

Legation Street barricaded with sandbags, near the United States Legation, Peking Mutiny 1912

Legation Street barricaded with sandbags, near the United States Legation, Peking Mutiny 1912

Yuan Shikai visiting the German Legation, Peking

Legation Street barricaded with sandbags, near the United States Legation, Peking Mutiny 1912

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

Fortified perimeter and glacis, Legation Quarter, Beijing

Northern entrance to the Legation Quarter, off Dongchanganjie, Peking

The entrance to the French Legation, Legation Street, Peking

Officers, International Legation Guard, at the British Legation, Peking

Officers, International Legation Guard, at the British Legation, Peking

British Legation, Peking

British Legation, Peking

Military group, British Legation, Peking

Guard, British Legation, Peking

Sir John Newell Jordan at a celebration for the coronation of King George V, British Legation, Peking

Celebrating the coronation of King George V, British Legation, Peking

Barricades outside the United States Legation, Peking Mutiny 1912