Leilão Bidspirit | A GROUP OF EARLY 20TH

A GROUP OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY DR G.W. MILLEDGE OF THE SUMMER PALACE AND OTHER VIEWS OF IMPERIAL PALACES AND GARDENS IN BEIJING. Including: a large framed coloured photograph of the Jade Belt Bridge at the Summer Palace, taken 1929, another unframed black and white image similar, a photo of an octagonal walled garden entrance, in fretwork wooden frame 23.2cm x 19.7cm, another framed with a terraced view, two small framed rectangular photographs with the Imperial Palace and the Altar of Heaven and an unframed photograph of river boats. (7) Provenance: Provenance: Property of Dr.G.W.Milledge acquired during his time in China c.1930s, thence by descent. Slight losses to the pierced wooden fretwork frame. Some wear and minor foxing to photographs, slight fading.