View of the bay of Praia Grande Macau
1844
Daguerreotype
Moonchu Foundation - The Moonchu Collection of Early Chinese Photography
LL/51160
1 of 60
Tea Garden, Shanghai (Brücke im Teegarten, Shanghai)
1845
Daguerreotype
Ostlicht - Gallery for Photography
LL/94549
2 of 60
General Ko-Lin
1853 (Xianfeng 3rd year)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
Sotheby's - New York
23 March 2022, Important Chinese Art, Lot: 287
LL/118768 [Further details available]
3 of 60
China Girl. Syeee Head Dress.
1853
Engraving
Private collection of Leigh McKinnon
LL/102078 [Further details available]
4 of 60
North and East Wall of Pekin
[Album China]
1860-1861
Albumen silver print
9 9/16 × 22 15/16 ins (24.3 × 58.2 cm) (image and sheet) 10 3/8 × 23 11/16 ins (26.4 × 60.2 cm) (mount)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dr. Chaoying Fang, Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer, and with the Alice Newton Osborn Fund, 1978, Accession Number: 1978-148-1(27)
LL/71237
5 of 60
Manchu bride, Peking, Penchilie province, China
1871
Glass negative
Wellcome Collection
Iconographic Collection, Library reference no.: / Flickr
LL/73853
6 of 60
(The Governor General of Kwang Fung)
[China, 1860]
1860
Albumen print
17.4 x 13.3 cm (image) 19.4 x 16.2 cm (sheet, irregular)
National Gallery of Australia (NGA)
Purchased 1982, Accession no: NGA 82.1287.3
LL/89593
7 of 60
Brouette
1870s
Albumen silver print, from glass negative, with applied colour
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.505.1 (41a)
LL/79698
8 of 60
Fille de Lanxchow
1870s
Albumen silver print, from glass negative, with applied colour
23.7 x 19.2 cm (9 5/16 x 7 9/16 ins)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.505.1 (16a)
LL/79733
9 of 60
Former interpreter at the Custom House, Canton
1861-1863
Albumen print
Moonchu Foundation - The Moonchu Collection of Early Chinese Photography
LL/51162
10 of 60
Portrait of Hankou Daotai, a Chinese Official, in Official Winter Uniform with Embroidered Badge of Office on His Chest and Court Beads. Hankou, Hubei Province, China
[Russian Scientific-Commercial Expedition to China, 1874-75 - Album]
1874
Albumen print
19.4 x 13.8 cm
National Library of Brazil, Iconography Division (Fundação Biblioteca Nacional. Divisão de Iconografia)
Thereza Christina Maria Collection
LL/73544
11 of 60
Group portrait of men in traditional costumes [Chinese. China, Shanghai]
1850-1900
Albumen print
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Museum number: MAE No. 162-376
LL/100719
12 of 60
Two actors
1890 (ca)
Cabinet card, hand-painted
Moonchu Foundation - The Moonchu Collection of Early Chinese Photography
LL/51167
13 of 60
Tzu-hsi (Cixi), Empress Dowager of China
1903 (ca)
Albumen print
Moonchu Foundation - The Moonchu Collection of Early Chinese Photography
LL/51168
14 of 60
One of the Wives of Notable Man Mr. Yan Seated in Their Private Home Garden. Beijing
[Russian Scientific-Commercial Expedition to China, 1874-75 - Album]
1874
Albumen print
19.2 x 13.8 cm
National Library of Brazil, Iconography Division (Fundação Biblioteca Nacional. Divisão de Iconografia)
Thereza Christina Maria Collection
LL/73555
15 of 60
Floyd's studio and other photographers on Queens Rd, Hong Kong
1868
Albumen print
Moonchu Foundation - The Moonchu Collection of Early Chinese Photography
LL/51165
16 of 60
View of Studio Ah Fong, Weihaiwei, China
1909 (ca)
Photograph, gelatin silver
National Galleries of Scotland
Purchased 2006, Accession number:PGP 380.1
LL/102519
17 of 60
Queen's Road Hong Kong decorated for the visit of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh
1869
Albumen print
Moonchu Foundation - The Moonchu Collection of Early Chinese Photography
LL/51159
18 of 60
A rustic bridge near Shui Kow
1870 (ca)
Albumen print
Moonchu Foundation - The Moonchu Collection of Early Chinese Photography
LL/51158
19 of 60
Tung-in Bridge near Kien-yang City
1869 (ca)
Albumen print
Moonchu Foundation - The Moonchu Collection of Early Chinese Photography
LL/51161 [Further details available]
20 of 60
Group of Aborigines and hut, Formosa
1870s
Albumen print
Moonchu Foundation - The Moonchu Collection of Early Chinese Photography
LL/51164
21 of 60
Itinerant foodsellers
1870s
Albumen print
Moonchu Foundation - The Moonchu Collection of Early Chinese Photography
LL/51166
22 of 60
The east gate to the Aviary, Yuanmingyuan
1876 (ca)
Albumen print
Moonchu Foundation - The Moonchu Collection of Early Chinese Photography
LL/51157
23 of 60
French Catholic Missionary School, Kiukiang (Jiujiang)
1880 (ca)
Albumen print
Moonchu Foundation - The Moonchu Collection of Early Chinese Photography
LL/51169
24 of 60
Hankow Bund
1885 (ca)
Albumen print
Moonchu Foundation - The Moonchu Collection of Early Chinese Photography
LL/51163
25 of 60
L'inauguration du chemin de fer de Shangai à Woosung en 1876, ligne achetée et détruite par le gouvernement chinois en 1877
1876
Albumen print
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
Département Société de Géographie, SG WD-189, Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b53168010h
LL/88052
26 of 60
Fishing, Hankow
1884
Albumen print
21.9 x 28.2 cm
National Galleries of Scotland
Acc. No. PGP R 880
LL/56761 [Further details available]
27 of 60
Decapitation
1870 (ca)
Albumen print, with applied color
20.2 x 26.9 cm (image)
George Eastman Museum
Purchase, 1979.0027.0041
LL/75574 [Further details available]
28 of 60
[Excursion to Pearl River (Zhu Jiang), Guangzhou]
1872 (ca)
Albumen print
17.7 x 23.2 cm (image)
George Eastman Museum
Purchase, 1979.0027.0047
LL/75575 [Further details available]
29 of 60
Nightman, A labourer for human waste [Chinese. China]
1900-1920
Photograph
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Museum number: MAE No. 2844-39
LL/100418 [Further details available]
30 of 60
Group with children [China, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Chinese Turkestan)]
1909
Photograph
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Museum number: MAE No. 2561-30
LL/100705 [Further details available]
31 of 60
Watching the "Foreign Devils" - Gate of the English Bridge barring the Cantonese from the Legations, Chine
1900 (copyright)
Stereocard
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
LL/87048
32 of 60
[Garden of the Grand Governor of Shanghai, China]
n.d.
Stereoview
Private collection of Ann Vibeke Knudsen
LL/107933 [Further details available]
33 of 60
Jardin public et pagode, près de Sou-Thon
1860
Stereoview
The Film Museum - Dept. for Archives & Digitization, The Danish Film Institute
G509
LL/125955 [Further details available]
34 of 60
151. Chinese Bankers on the Streets of Dainy.
1905 (copyright)
Stereocard
Ebay
Seller: portugalcards, Item: 311826786826 (May 2018)
LL/82379
35 of 60
161. Poultry for the Japanese Officers' Mess
1905 (copyright)
Stereocard
Ebay
Seller: portugalcards, Item: 382007528843 (May 2018)
LL/82381
36 of 60
The so-called "Lily Feet" contrasted with natural feet of Chinese women, Canton, China.
1902 (copyright)
Stereoview
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
LL/105152 [Further details available]
37 of 60
The so-called "lily feet" contrasted with the natural feet of Chinese women, Canton, China
1902
Stereoview
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s19786 (digital file from original) LC-USZ62-49138 (b&w film copy neg. of half stereo)
LL/110795 [Further details available]
38 of 60
Studio portrait of seven men in uniforms
n.d.
Cabinet card
Private collection of Pam Ferrazzutti
LL/85649
39 of 60
Young revolutionary army officers, female politicians attending the memorial service for the fallen troops during the battle of Nanjing in 1911. The couplet above them: "The cost for the Republic."
1912
Collodion POP
Private collection of Yunlinghao He
LL/100765 [Further details available]
40 of 60
"His share, a bedding and a bag of flour" [Refugee from the floods in China]
1931
Gelatin silver print, snapshot
Private collection of Yunlinghao He
LL/100766
41 of 60
Military Governor Urumqi Dubai-Shen [Chinese. China, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the city of Urumqi]
n.d.
Geletin silver print
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Museum number: MAE I 1172-201
LL/100617
42 of 60
General Lyubin, commander of the troops of the Kuldzhisky district [Chinese. China, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the city of Gulja (Yining)]
1934
Gelatin silver print
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Museum number: MAE I 1172-200
LL/100626
43 of 60
From Sun-Yat-Sen's state funeral
1930, 13 March
Photograph
Kongernes Samling
HM Dronningens Håndbibliotek - Fotografisamlingen, Id number: FS-0226
LL/120928 [Further details available]
44 of 60
Anti-Japanese rally [Chinese. China, Shanxi Province, Yan'an City]
1938
Photograph
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Museum number: MAE I 1061-50
LL/100395
45 of 60
Anti-Japanese rally [Chinese. China, Sichuan]
1938
Photograph
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Museum number: MAE I 1061-51
LL/100396
46 of 60
Backmark for "Ying Cheong, Artist and Photographer, Canton Road, Opposite Messrs. Mustard & Co. Shanghai."
n.d.
Carte de visite, back
Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics
LL/95549
47 of 60
Backmark for "Ying Cheong, Artist and Photographer, Canton Road, Shanghai."
n.d.
Cabinet card, back,
Private collection of Bill Jones
Current location unknown.
LL/113949
48 of 60
Book cover for Donald Mennie, 1920, The pageant of Peking, (Shanghai: A.S. Watson & Co.)
1920
Book cover
Ader Nordmann
15 November 2015, Lot: 17
LL/62344 [Further details available]
49 of 60
[Sharing the wisdom of the Little Red Book]
1971
Book illustration
Ader Nordmann
15 November 2015, Lot: 40
LL/62352 [Further details available]
50 of 60
Arcade studio portrait, China
1950s
Gelatin silver print, hand-tinted
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/115757
51 of 60
Shanghai
1957
Gelatin silver print
Internet - Original source ill-defined
LL/112052
52 of 60
China
1950s (taken) 1960s (print)
Gelatin silver print
16.5 x 24.4 cm
Ostlicht - Gallery for Photography
24th OstLicht Photo Auction – 19.11.2021, Lot: 77
LL/115392
53 of 60
Jeune garçon et vieille moto
2007
Silver print
37 x 37 cm
Tajan
Vente 9930, Lot 317
LL/54051
54 of 60
Riding a fake Victor (?) Motorcycle
1950s
Gelatin silver print, hand-tinted
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/112035
55 of 60
A young child in a studio prop plane
1960
Gelatin silver print, snapshot
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/114585
56 of 60
Two Chinese men with a speedboat foreground
1950s
Photograph
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/118567
57 of 60
To Raise the Water Level in a Fishpond
1997
Chromogenic print
103.5 x 155.5 cm (40 ¾ x 61 ¼ ins)
Sotheby's - London
Photographs, 23 May 2015, Lot: 109
LL/60109
58 of 60
Deda Chicken Processing Plant, Dehui City, Jilin Province
[Manufacturing #17]
2005
Chromogenic print
Provided by the artist - Edward Burtynsky
Courtesy Edward Burtynsky, Toronto
LL/10564
59 of 60
A smartphone camera comparison.
2019
Graphic
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Source requested
LL/91451 [Further details available]
60 of 60
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