These are some of the earliest photos ever taken of China’s capital

These rare images taken by British photographer Thomas Child in the 1870s and 1880s are some of the first photos ever taken of Beijing, then the imperial capital of China's Qing dynasty. About 30 of his pictures, taken using a process that produced images on albumen silver prints, are on display at London's China Exchange. Child […]











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