[Wumen (Meridian) gate at the imperial palace compound in Beijing, China, where executions of corrupt officials took place; includes Chinese language characters in right margin]

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 157.

Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906.

Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

forbidden city beijing china gates china beijing castles and palaces graphite drawings tailingcun wumen meridian gate palace compound palace compound executions officials chinese language characters chinese language characters margin 1860 drawings documentary g v gennadii vasil evich i u din yudin collection library of congress dlc right margin rare books engraving book illustrations library of congress

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