Child, Thomas, and others

Oblong folio (240 x 320mm.), 46 albumen prints (approximately 170 x 230mm., or the reverse), individually mounted on thick paper, recto only, each captioned in ink on the mount, and 2 later smaller photographs of the Great Wall, contemporary brown morocco gilt, upper cover stamped in gilt 'Album', gilt edges, some leaves detached, slight fading, binding rubbed

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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RARE EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHINA AND TAIWAN, INCLUDING IMAGES OF THE EUROPEAN PALACES AT YUANMINGYUAN, comprising: 24 images of Peking (Beijing) by or attributed to Thomas Child (about 20 signed in the negative, some dated), and 5 others of Peking and the Great Wall, including architectural studies of temples, buildings, the Imperial City, Summer Palace, etc., together with 10 images of Tientsin (one signed and dated by See Tay, 1886), and 8 of Tamsui in Formosa (Taiwan).

The photographs appear as follows (our numbers):

1. Walls of Peking – Child
2. General View of Peking to N. W. showing Forbidden City and Western Hills - Child.
3. Peking: Shops in the Hata Men Ta Chieh - Signed T. Child in negative.
4. Peking: Coal Hill: Imperial City. T. Child.
5. Peking: Imperial City Ta Kou Tien. Signed T. Child 1876 in negative.
6. Peking: Nan Tang Built 1601. Sud Cathedral und Convent. Signed T. Child 187? in negative.
7. Peking: Imperial City: Lake and Marble Monument (Beihai). Signed T. Child 1876 in negative.
8. Peking: In the Compound of the British ? Legation. T. Child.
9. Peking: Temple of Heaven.
10. Peking: To the North of the An-Ting Plain Monument. Signed T. Child in negative.
11. Wan Shou Shan.
12. Wan Shou Shan.
13. Wan Shou Shan Pagoda.
14. Yuan Ming Yuan. Ruins of the Summer Palace. T. Child. .
15. Yuan Ming Yuan. T. Child. [203/204].
16. Yuan Ming Yuan Pagoda. T. Child.
17. Pi-Yun-Ssu. Temple of the Azure Cloud. T. Child.
18. No subtitle. (Porcelain tiled archway). Signed T. Child 1876 in negative.
19. No subtitle. (A pagoda). T. Child.
20. Wan Shou Shan. Marble Bridge. Signed T. Child 1878 in negative.
21. Yung Lo T'ang: Grab des Kaisers Yung Lo Ming Dynastie. Signed T. Child 1877 in negative.
22. Yung Lo T'ang. Signed T. Child in negative.
23. No subtitle. (Ancient Arch Nan-Kou Pass). T. Child.
24. Great Wall at Pa-Ta-Ling. T. Child.
25. Great Wall at Pa-Ta-Ling. Signed T. Child in negative.
[End of Thomas Child Images]
26. View of Great Wall and River Plain.
27. View of Great Wall
28. Peking: Entrance to Russian Delegation
29. Peking: Garten in Russichen Gesand
30. Peking: Entree Hause des Ministere in der Russischen Botschaft.
31. Tientsin (View of River).
32. Tientsin 1886, Customs House. I. M. Customs Mess.
33. Consulat de France a Tientsin.
34. Tientsin 1886. Haus von Al don Hartseff.
35. Tientsin 1886. American Consulate.
36. St. John's Tientsin.
37. Tientsin Club 1886.
38. Tientsin. Ruine... Cathedrale
39. Hai Guang Ssu. Tientsin.
40. Tientsin. Outskirts.
41. [No caption. View of Ships and Hills beyond. Taiwan.]
42. Portof Tamsui. North Formosa.
43. Port of Tamsui. North formosa.
44. Tamsui.
45. Tamsui. South Hill.
46. I.M. Customs Jr Mess Tamsui.
47. Tamsui. Garden at I.M. C Mess with Lighthouse.
48. Tamsui. 1889. Mission.