With the Empress Dowager of China
A female painter becomes the court artist of the Empress Dowager of China.
License
Public Domain
Originally published
1905
Latest release
Oct 9, 2026
Pages
260
Format
6 × 9 in (152 × 229 mm)
Book type
Paperback nonfiction
Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Introductory
- I. My Presentation and First Day at the Chinese Court
- II. Personal Appearance of Her Majesty
- III. The Palace of the Emperor’s Father
- IV. Her Majesty’s Throne-Room—Some Personal Characteristics
- V. The Young Empress and Ladies of the Court
- VI. Continuation of the Portrait—Her Majesty’s Dogs
- VII. Festivities at Court
- VIII. His Majesty the Emperor Kwang-Hsu
- IX. The Emperor’s Birthday
- X. Peking—The Sea Palace
- XI. Some Characteristics of Her Majesty
- Return to the Summer Palace
- XIII. The Steam-Launch
- XIV. The Palace Eunuchs
- XV. The Literary Tastes and Accomplishments of the Empress Dowager
- XVI. The Great Audience Hall
- XVII. The Summer Palace and Its Grounds
- XVIII. The Festival of the Harvest Moon—Work on the Portrait
- XIX. A Garden Party at the Summer Palace
- XX. I Begin a Second Portrait of Her Majesty
- XXI. A European Circus at the Palace
- XXII. Palace Customs
- XXIII. Her Majesty’s Anxiety—Her Birthday
- XXIV. The Winter Palace
- XXV. Peking—Beginning the Portrait for St. Louis
- XXVI. Some Social Customs—Manchu and Chinese
- XXVII. Present-Giving in China
- XXVIII. Some Winter Days at the Palace
- Religious Rites in China
- Her Majesty the Empress Dowager
- XXXI. The Empress Dowager’s Charities, Sense of Justice, Extravagance, and Personal Characteristics
- XXXII. The Chinese New Year
- XXXIII. Continuation of the St. Louis Portrait
- XXXIV. Finishing and Sending Off the Portrait
- XXXV. Return to the Summer Palace