Her Imperial Majesty, the Empress Dowager of China

Empress Dowager Cixi (Manchu–Chinese, 1835–1908)

Xunling (c. 1880 – 1943)

early 20th century

Medium/TechniquePhotograph, hand-colored gelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 23.1 x 17.2 cm (9 1/8 x 6 3/4 in.)

Credit LineGift of Sarah Buchan Jewell

Accession number1991.134

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsPhotographs

Collections

ProvenanceEdwin Conger, first U.S. Ambassador to Imperial China and his wife Sarah Conger; by descent to their granddaughter Sarah Buchan Jewell (Mrs T. Edson Jewell), Boston; 1991, gift of Sarah Buchan Jewell to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 27, 1991)