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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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Reference
Photo 1344
Title
Lady Maclay's [Macleay's] Xmas partie [sic], British Legation, Peking, 1923
Date
1923-1924
Description

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).

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status
Not Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
9 items.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Transferred from Chinese Section 2010 (original provenance unknown)
Physical condition
8 prints mounted on card (probably a leaf extracted from a photograph album).
Record URL
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Lady Maclay's [Macleay's] Xmas partie [sic], British Legation, Peking, 1923