Digital Archive Japan / DAJ, New Elgin Marbles, 1860. Lord Elgin (of the Elgin Marbles fame), holds a marble the size and weight of the cannonballs with which Peking had been threatened. China, forced to submit, is left in no doubt of the fate of Peking should it renege again on th
Digital Archive Japan / DAJ, The New Alliance, 1859. John Bull, in the shape of the British lion, dressed in hunting gear, in the company of the French Emperor, Louis Napoleon who is dressed in full military gear. Both are clutching rifles and look towards the eastern horizon over
H. Armstrong Roberts / Robertstock, 1920 1920s 1930 1930s ANCIENT STATUE OF MILITARY OFFICIAL ON ROAD TO MING TOMBS NANKING CHINA STATUES DYNASTY RRR RETRO