Chanzu, literally 'bound feet') was a custom practiced on young girls and women for approximately one thousand years in China, beginning in the 10th...
The Potala palace in Lhasa, Tibet, in the 17th century, Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, .
'The High Street, Peking', c1890. View of Beijing, China. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, .
An antique diamond tiara c1890 by Faberge with an estimate of GBP400-600,000 is held in front of a painting of John Lennon by Andy Warhol, in Hong...
General Gordon's Garden, Khartoum, Sudan, c1890. Known as 'Chinese Gordon' because of his exploits in China in the Second Opium War and the Taiping...
'Summer Palace, Bronze Lion, Emblem of the Imperial Power', c1890. Bronze lion sculptures in China. Illustration from The Universal Geography with...
'General view of Kang-Hoa, Lower Hang-Kiang', c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, .
'Vagrant Convicts, China', c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, .
Mr Yang, Attaché of the Chinese Legation in Paris, c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, .
'General view of Nanking', c1890. The town of Nanjing in China. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII,...
Irrigation pump, South China, c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, .
'Pepo-Hoan woman and child', c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, .
'Highland Landscape, Formosa', c1890. Scene in Taiwan. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, .
'Hong Kong, view from Kowlun', c1890. Hong Kong seen from Kowloon, China. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps,...
'Female Coiffure, Swatow', c1890. Hairstyle of a woman from Shantou in China. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps,...
'Shui-Kow, on the Upper Min, Fokien', c1890. View of a town on the River Min in Fukien, China. Illustration from The Universal Geography with...
'The Sechuen Highlands', c1890. View of the Sichuan Highlands in China. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps,...
'Cliffs of Yellow Earth on the Hoang-Ho', c1890. Cliffs on the Yellow River in China. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations...
'Celestial Sphere in the Old Observatory, Peking', c1890. Astronomical equipment decorated with dragons in Beijing, China. Illustration from The...
'The Temple of Heaven, Peking', c1890. Building in the Forbidden City, Beijing, China. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations...
'Terrace with funeral urns near Amoy', c1890. Landscape near Xiamen, also known as Amoy, Fujian province, China. Illustration from The Universal...
Chinese children, c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, .
Chinese Savant', c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, .
'Domestic Altar, The Smiling Buddha', c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, .
Manchu woman, c1890. Chinese woman in a fur hat. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, .
Monastery at Shigatze, Tibet, c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, .
'The Yang-Tze-Kiang-Mitan Gorge', c1890. The Yangtse river in China. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division...
'View on the upper Yang-Tze-Kiang', c1890. The Yangtse river in China. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps,...
Types and costumes from Chinese Turkestan, c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, .
Mountain sheep and ibex, c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, .
'Dungans and Taranchis, types and costumes', c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, .
'Buddhist monastery, Yuen-Fu on the Min, South of Fuchu-Fu', c1890. Monastery in a cave in China. Illustration from The Universal Geography with...
'The Lantzan-Kiang-Hogg's Gorge', c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, .
'Street scene, Yarkand', c1890. Central Asian peoples in the Chinese town of Shache, also known as Yarkand. Illustration from The Universal Geography...
Street in Kin-Kiang, types and costumes', c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, .
'Manchu ministers, chiefs of bankers', c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, .
'Nan-Kow, Gate of the Great Wall, from Pata-Ling', c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, .
'Upper Kara-Kash valley', c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, .
Road cut through the 'Yellow Earth', China, c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, .
View from the Summer Palace, Peking, c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, .
Rickshaws are a mode of human-powered transport: a runner draws a two-wheeled cart which seats one or two persons. Rickshaws are commonly made with...
Bicycle, also known as a bike, pushbike or cycle, is a human-powered, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one...
Opium is the dried latex obtained from the opium poppy . Opium contains up to 12 percent morphine, an alkaloid, which is frequently processed...
An antique diamond tiara c1890 by Faberge with an estimate of GBP400-600,000 is held in front of a painting of John Lennon by Andy Warhol, in Hong...
Sanctuary cave near the tomb of Fou Tcheou Photograph by Afong Lai or Thompson c.1890 Albumin original print after glass-plate negative .
An antique diamond tiara c1890 by Faberge with an estimate of GBP400-600,000 is held in front of a painting of John Lennon by Andy Warhol, at...