Articles in the Chinese Exhibition at Crystal Palace, 1865
Precious objects brought from the Emperor of China's Summer Palace, near Pekin, displayed at the Chinese Exhibition at Crystal Palace in 1865. These objects were taken by Captain De Negroni, an officer in the French Army, when the palace was burnt and plundered in September 1860. Amongst the treasures pictured is a birdcage clock, an ivory junk or sailing ship and a sardonyx grotto with two monkeys
Picture No
12017307
Media ID
46132358
Size
5002px x 4267px
(6.6MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed illustration in The Illustrated London News', 6 May 1865, page 425
Date
1865
