Historical Illustration: The Chinese Embassy: Mr. Deschamps, Chih Kang, Mr. [Anson] Burlingame, Sun Chia Ku, Mr. [John McLeavy] Brown [and interpreters]

Anson Burlingame & Burlingame Treaty of 1868

Historical Illustration: The Chinese Embassy: Mr. Deschamps, Chih Kang, Mr. [Anson] Burlingame, Sun Chia Ku, Mr. [John McLeavy] Brown [and interpreters]

1868

Historical Illustration

The Library of Congress features an 1868 illustration from the Harper’s New Monthly Magazine of the U.S. Minister to China, Anson Burlingame, standing with Chinese diplomats at the Chinese Embassy. The artists depicts Burlingame standing in the middle of a group of Chinese diplomats and translators.

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Library of Congress (Original Publisher: Harper’s New Monthly Magazine)

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