Street character, Peking (Beijing), China
One of the City Guard, Peking (Beijing)'. Wrapped in his sheepskin coat, and in an underclothing of rags, he lay through the cold nights on the stone steps of the outer gateway.... Wang employed a wooden clapper to let the inmates of the house know that he was astir, and to scare away thieves
Picture No
11939087
Media ID
46076891
Size
2510px x 3017px
(2.2MB)
Credit
© The John Meek Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Usage Restrictions
Editorial Use Only
Source
From Illustrations of China and its People' by J Thomson, published by Sampson Low, 1874. Photograph: John Meek
Date
1874
