Captions on album page: A Sowar (Trooper), 16th Bengal Lancers at Pekin [i.e. Peking], Keeping the ground at the assault at arms in the Temple of Heaven; At the Races in the Temple of Heaven, Pekin [i.e. Peking], This gives an excellent idea of the cosmopolitan character of the troops gathered in Pekin [i.e. Peking]; Group of Priests in the Lama Temple in Pekin [i.e. Peking], Most of them have their heads shaved.  They quite appreciated being photographed and thought it a great joke being arranged thus on the steps; The Burning of the Winter Palace at Peking [i.e. Peking], A view of General Schwarzkop's house the morning after the fire, which was still smouldering .  PH Coll 241.B28a-d
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Lancers--Indian--China--Beijing; Soldiers--British--China--Beijing; Military uniforms--Indian; Military uniforms--British; Horses--China--Beijing; Buddhist monks--China--Beijing; Buddhist temples--China--Beijing; Fires--China--Beijing</li>
<li>Subjects (LCSH): India. Army. Bengal Lancers; Tian Tan (Beijing, China); Yong he gong (Beijing, China); Beijing (China)--Buildings, structures, etc.</li></ul>
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48598873" class="extiw" title="d:Q48598873"><span title="American businessman and photographer">Robert Henry Chandless</span></a>
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circa 1900 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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