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  • Badaling, Pechili province, China: part of the Great Wall of China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Badaling, Pechili province, China: part of the Great Wall of China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Biyunsi (Temple of Azure Clouds), Beijing: the Jingangta (Diamond Sutra Pagoda), viewed through a memorial arch. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Ming tombs, Peking: the Lingendian (Hall of Prominent Favour or Great Sacrifice Hall) at Changling. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Biyunsi (Temple of Azure Clouds), Beijing: the Jingangta (Diamond Sutra Pagoda), viewed through a memorial arch. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Ming tombs, Peking: the Lingendian (Hall of Prominent Favour or Great Sacrifice Hall) at Changling. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Badaling, Pechili province, China: part of the Great Wall of China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Nankow pass, Pechili province, China: interior wall of the Buddhist archway at Juyong Guan. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Yiheyuan (New Imperial Summer Palace), Peking: Zhihuihai temple, at Wanshoushan. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Yiheyuan (New Imperial Summer Palace), Peking: Zhihuihai temple, at Wanshoushan. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Hall of Classics (Guozijian), Peking: a triple archway of sculpted marble leading to the hall. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Nankow pass, Pechili province, China: interior wall of the Buddhist archway at Juyong Guan. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Hall of Classics (Guozijian), Peking: a triple archway of sculpted marble leading to the hall. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Camel sculptures on the road to the Ming tombs outside Peking. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Camel sculptures on the road to the Ming tombs outside Peking. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Temple of Confucius (Kong Miao), Peking: Hall of Great Accomplishment (or Great Perfection Hall, Dachengdian), interior with altar and tablet to Confucius. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Temple of Confucius (Kong Miao), Peking: Hall of Great Accomplishment (or Great Perfection Hall, Dachengdian), interior with altar and tablet to Confucius. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Camel sculptures on the road to the Ming tombs outside Peking. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Ming tombs, Peking: the Lingendian (Hall of Prominent Favour) at Changling. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Biyunsi (Temple of Azure Clouds), Beijing: the Jingangta (Diamond Sutra Pagoda), viewed through a a memorial arch. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Ming tombs, Peking: the Lingendian (Hall of Prominent Favour) at Changling. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Temple of Confucius (Kong Miao), Peking: Hall of Great Accomplishment (Dachengdian) seen from outside. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Ming tombs, Peking: the Lingendian (Hall of Prominent Favour) at Changling. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Temple of Confucius (Kong Miao), Peking: Hall of Great Accomplishment (Dachengdian) seen from outside. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Temple of Confucius (Kong Miao), Peking: Hall of Great Accomplishment (Dachengdian), interior with altar and tablet to Confucius. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Temple of Confucius (Kong Miao), Peking: Hall of Great Accomplishment (Dachengdian), interior with altar and tablet to Confucius. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Yiheyuan (New Imperial Summer Palace), Peking: Zhihuihai temple, at Wanshoushan. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Temple of Confucius (Kong Miao), Peking: Hall of Great Accomplishment (Dachengdian) seen from outside. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Nankow pass, Pechili province, China: interior wall of the archway of Juyongguan. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Hall of Classics (Guozijian), Peking: a triple archway of sculpted marble leading to the hall. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.