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With the Empress Dowager of China

With the Empress Dowager of China

by Katharine A. Carl

A female painter becomes the court artist of the Empress Dowager of China.

Languages
English·Español
License
Public Domain
Originally published
1905
Latest release
Oct 9, 2026
Pages
260
Format
6 × 9 in (152 × 229 mm)
Book type
Paperback nonfiction
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Table of Contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Introductory
  3. I. My Presentation and First Day at the Chinese Court
  4. II. Personal Appearance of Her Majesty
  5. III. The Palace of the Emperor’s Father
  6. IV. Her Majesty’s Throne-Room—Some Personal Characteristics
  7. V. The Young Empress and Ladies of the Court
  8. VI. Continuation of the Portrait—Her Majesty’s Dogs
  9. VII. Festivities at Court
  10. VIII. His Majesty the Emperor Kwang-Hsu
  11. IX. The Emperor’s Birthday
  12. X. Peking—The Sea Palace
  13. XI. Some Characteristics of Her Majesty
  14. Return to the Summer Palace
  15. XIII. The Steam-Launch
  16. XIV. The Palace Eunuchs
  17. XV. The Literary Tastes and Accomplishments of the Empress Dowager
  18. XVI. The Great Audience Hall
  19. XVII. The Summer Palace and Its Grounds
  20. XVIII. The Festival of the Harvest Moon—Work on the Portrait
  21. XIX. A Garden Party at the Summer Palace
  22. XX. I Begin a Second Portrait of Her Majesty
  23. XXI. A European Circus at the Palace
  24. XXII. Palace Customs
  25. XXIII. Her Majesty’s Anxiety—Her Birthday
  26. XXIV. The Winter Palace
  27. XXV. Peking—Beginning the Portrait for St. Louis
  28. XXVI. Some Social Customs—Manchu and Chinese
  29. XXVII. Present-Giving in China
  30. XXVIII. Some Winter Days at the Palace
  31. Religious Rites in China
  32. Her Majesty the Empress Dowager
  33. XXXI. The Empress Dowager’s Charities, Sense of Justice, Extravagance, and Personal Characteristics
  34. XXXII. The Chinese New Year
  35. XXXIII. Continuation of the St. Louis Portrait
  36. XXXIV. Finishing and Sending Off the Portrait
  37. XXXV. Return to the Summer Palace