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Portraits of the Empress and Emperor of China (engravings) by the photographer Emilien Desmaisons (1812-1880)
Albumen print, business card format
The Chinese Emperor Xianfeng (1831-1861), I-ju or Yizhu, was the ninth emperor of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, and the seventh Qing emperor to rule China, from 1850 to 1861.
Cixi, or Tseu-Hi, or Ts'eu-hi (1835-1908) Chinese: 慈禧; pinyin: Cíxǐ; wade-giles: Tz'u-Hsi), was an empress dowager of China during the Qing dynasty who exercised power in China for 47 years from 1861 until her death.
Pierre Émile Desmaisons, also known as Émilien Desmaisons (1812-1880) was a French lithographer and photographer.
A lithographic draftsman, he succeeded to the head of his father's publishing house located in Paris at 5 rue des Grands Augustins.
Emperor and Empress of China 2 CDV by E. Desmaisons
Portraits of the Empress and Emperor of China (engravings) by the photographer Emilien Desmaisons (1812-1880)
Business card-sized albumen prints sold with a plexiglass frame.
The Chinese Emperor Xianfeng (1831-1861), I-ju or Yizhu, was the ninth emperor of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, and the seventh Qing emperor to rule China, from 1850 to 1861.
Cixi, or Tseu-Hi, or Ts'eu-hi (1835-1908) Chinese: 慈禧; pinyin: Cíxǐ; wade-giles: Tz'u-Hsi), was an empress dowager of China during the Qing dynasty who exercised power in China for 47 years from 1861 until her death.
Pierre Émile Desmaisons, also known as Émilien Desmaisons (1812-1880) was a French lithographer and photographer.
A lithographic draftsman, he succeeded to the head of his father's publishing house located in Paris at 5 rue des Grands Augustins.