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Lady Maclay's [Macleay's] Xmas partie [sic], British Legation, Peking, 1923
Catalogue reference: Photo 1344
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This record is about the Lady Maclay's [Macleay's] Xmas partie [sic], British Legation, Peking, 1923 dating from 1923-1924.
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- Photo 1344
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Title (The name of the record)
- Lady Maclay's [Macleay's] Xmas partie [sic], British Legation, Peking, 1923
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1923-1924
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Description (What the record is about)
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Print (measuring 156 mm x 203 mm) on card mount, showing a couple identified as Sir Donald and Lady Maclay standing beside a figure dressed as Father Christmas and seated on a Bactrian camel, in front of Legation buildings at Peking. The 'Sir Donald Maclay' identified beneath the print must presumably be Sir James William Ronald Macleay, British Envoy in Peking from 1922-26. On the reverse of the mount are 8 smaller snapshot views of Peking (Coal Hill, Imperial City, Pai Hai) and two portraits of a European woman in Greek dress (dated 17 Feb 1924).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 9 items.
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Unrestricted. Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Transferred from Chinese Section 2010 (original provenance unknown)
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- 8 prints mounted on card (probably a leaf extracted from a photograph album).
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/1104a14c-e37b-4509-a2a9-4e5d5e8769ec/
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Lady Maclay's [Macleay's] Xmas partie [sic], British Legation, Peking, 1923