Seizing Shadows

Rare Photographs by late Qing Dynasty Chinese Masters

拾光掠影
清末中国摄影师作品集珍

An Exhibition of Photographs by early Chinese Photographers from the Loewentheil Collection of Original Photographs of China.

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Yu Xunling
Portrait of Empress Dowager Cixi
c. 1903
Gelatin silver print

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Pun Lun Studio
Portrait of Woman and Child
1870s
Hand-colored albumen silver print

 

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Pow Kee Photographers Studio
Yellow Crane Tower, Wuhan
1870s
Albumen silver print

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Lai Fong
Great South Gate of the City Wall, Beijing
1870s
Albumen silver print

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Lai Fong
Dragon Boat Festival
1870s
Albumen silver print

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A Chan Studio
Sheung Mun Tai Street, Guangzhou
1870s
Hand-colored albumen silver print

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Tung Hing Studio
Jade Maiden Peak in the Wuyi Mountains
1870s
Albumen silver print

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A Chan (Yazhen) Studio
Portrait of a Female Musician
1870s
Albumen silver print

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Unidentified Chinese Artist
Five-Story Teahouse in Shanghai
1870s
Albumen silver print

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Lai Fong
Chinese Performers
1870s
Albumen silver print

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A Chan (Ya Zhen) Studio
Heavenly Peace Street
1870s
Albumen silver print

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Lai Fong
Fangguangyan Monastery
1870s
Albumen silver print

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SEIZING SHADOWS

Rare Photographs by Late Qing Dynasty Chinese Masters