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A Group of Figures at the Marriage of the Emperor of China, Peking

William Simpson (1823-1899)

Price
£12,500
Signed
Signed, inscribed with title and dated 1874
Medium
Watercolour with bodycolour on board
Dimensions
14 ½ x 10 ¼ inches
Exhibited
'Chris Beetles Summer Show 2025', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, June-September 2025, no 19

In 1872, William Simpson visited China for The Illustrated London News to cover the marriage of the Emperor Tongzhi to the Empress xiaozheyi.
On Saturday 18 July 1874, William Simpson exhibited a collection of his drawings of China, Japan, the Modoc War in the United States and Sedan War at a costume ball held by the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House. The display was in honour of the visiting Crown Prince and Princess of Germany.

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