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Three Men, Two Older with Beards, One Younger with a Moustache, Sitting in a Garden. A Building behind Them to the Left, a Rockery to the Right. The Men Are Three Chinese Ministers at the Office of Foreign Affairs in the Late Qing: (Left to Right) Shen Guifeng, Dong Xun and Mao Changxi. A Native of Jiangsu, Shen Guifeng (1818-1881) Was Best Known for His Anti-Opium Policy and for His Contributions to the State-Run Modernizing Movement $1 (B the 'Yangwu Movement'. In This Portrait, Thomson Intended to Show That Chinese Officials Did Not Spend Their Time in Idleness and Luxury; Rather, They Led Laborious Lives and Dressed in Simple Robes. But More Importantly, for Him These Three Individuals 'Were as Fine-Looking Men as Ever Our Own Cabinet Can Boast. All of Them Had an Air of Quiet
0000; Gale Group; Linguagem: English
Resumo
Wellcome Library, London. Glass ca. 25.5 cm x 20.5 cm (10 in x 8 in.). Series: Iconographic Collections. Photographer: J. Thomson.
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