Alice Roosevelt visited Beijing in September of 1905 as a member of the William H. Taft Mission to Asia. According to her autobiography, the afternoon following an audience at the Summer Palace with the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, a troop of Manchu horsemen delivered the photograph on an imperial yellow chair.
Summary
A photograph received by Alice Roosevelt in September 1905 following an audience at the Summer Palace with the Emperor Guangxu and the Empress Dowager Cixi for members of the Taft Mission to Asia.
Former collection of Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980). Gift of Joanna Sturm, granddaughter of Alice Roosevelt Longworth, 2009.
