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Chinese objects exhibited at the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations (London, 1851)
Joseph Nash (English, 1809–1878)
From Dickinsons’ Comprehensive Pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851:
From the Originals Painted for H.R.H. Prince Albert (London, 1854), vol. 1, pl. 24
Chromolithograph
© The Getty Research Institute
 Yu Xunling
Empress Cixi 慈禧皇太后旧照
1903 (Late Qing)
Glass plate negatives, black and white photography
© Smithsonian Institute
 Yu Xunling
Empress Cixi 慈禧皇太后旧照
1903 (Late Qing)
Glass plate negatives, black and white photography
© Smithsonian Institute
 Yu Xunling
Empress Cixi 慈禧皇太后旧照
1903 (Late Qing)
Colorized
Godley, Michael R. "China's World's Fair of 1910: Lessons from a Forgotten Event." Modern Asian Studies 12, no. 3 (1978): 503-22.
Accessed August 18, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/312231.
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宋佚名胡笳十八拍文姬归汉图卷 (songyiming hujia shibapai Wenji gui Han tujuan)
Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute: The Story of Lady Wenji
Ming (early 15th century), China
Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
28.6 x 1196.3 cm (29.2 x 1544.5 cm, with mounting)
Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
 Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145)
Along the River During the Qingming Festival 清明上河图
Song dynasty
Ink on silk
25.5 x 525 cm
Collection of the National Palace Museum, Beijing
Qing court painters (Ch’en Mei, Sun Hu, Chin K’un, Tai Hung and Ch’en Chih-tao) during the first year of Ch’ien-Lung (Qianlong) reign
Up the River During Qingming 清明上河图
Qing dynasty
Ink and color on silk
35.6cm x 1152.8 cm
Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Visitors view a 128-meter animated version of the famed Chinese painting "Along the River During Qingming Festival" at China Art Museum,
Shanghai on February 24. The digital version of the 5.28-meter scroll by Song Dynasty (960-1279) painter Zhang Zeduan was first unveiled at
the Shanghai 2010 Expo. The scroll depicts daily scenes in the Northern Song capital of Bianjing. Photo: VCG
Animated version of Qingming Scroll, 2020
VR version of Qingming Scroll, 2020
 Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145)
Along the River During the Qingming Festival 清明上河图
Song dynasty
Ink on silk
25.5 x 525 cm
Collection of the National Palace Museum, Beijing