Laing Pictures

Standing Door Gods, color woodblock prints from Laijiang, Sichuan, late nineteenth/early twentieth century, 35.6 x 22.2 cm. from Nafu yingxiang 1991: 14-15

Standing Door Gods, color woodblock prints from Laijiang, Sichuan, late nineteenth/early twentieth century, 35.6 x 22.2 cm. from Nafu yingxiang 1991: 14-15

Mounted Door Gods, color woodblock prints from Fengxiang, Shaanxi, late nineteenth/early twentieth century, 35 x 24 cm.; from Nafu yingxiang 1991: 11.

Mounted Door Gods, color woodblock prints from Fengxiang, Shaanxi, late nineteenth/early twentieth century, 35 x 24 cm.; from Nafu yingxiang 1991: 11.

A Carp Becomes a Dragon, color woodblock print from Yangliuqing, late nineteenth/early twentieth century, 33.5 x 58 cm.; from Wang 1985b: fig. 36.

Virtue Comes to the Wealthy Family (the cutter’s error for what should properly be: Wealth Comes to the Virtuous Family,; from Zhonghua minsu banhua 1977: 77.

Happiness Comes to a Place of Goodness, colored woodblock prints, 39 x 52 cm.; fromZhonghua minsu banhua 1977: 77.

The Zhang Family Household Rules, color woodblock print, late nineteenth/early twentieth century, 35 x 61 cm, The Hermitage: St. Petersburg; after Rudova 1988: 103.

The Kitchen God and His Wife, color woodblock print, 1910, 30.4 x 19 cm, Muban Foundation for the Propagation of Chinese Woodblock Printing and Prints, London.

May Your Longevity and Happiness Both Be Complete, Spring Ox calendar, color woodprint print, from Suzhou, 1952 reprint of older block, 31 x 43 cm.; from Yao 1985: 5.

Jin Kui, Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Foundation of the Foreign Settlements in Shanghai, section two, 1893, lithograph, 20 x 23.5 cm.; after Dianshizhai huabao 1983: mu 57b-58a.

He Mingfu, Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Foundation of the Foreign Settlements in Shanghai, section three, 1893, lithograph, 20 x 23.5 cm.; after Dianshizhai huabao 1983: mu 38b-59a.

Wu Youru (1840-1894?), Marshal Tianfeng, detail, lithograph, 18 x 21 cm.; after “Shanhai zhiqitu,” in Wu youru 1983: 1.7: 18b.

Calendar Poster with Illustrations of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety, lithograph, 1889, published by the Shenbao newspaper, dimensions unknown, collection unknown.; from Li Chao 1995: 42.

Calendar Advertisement for A.S. Watson and Company, Ltd. of Hong Kong and Manila, chromolithograph, 1888, British Library, London. By permission of The British Library, London (OR ms 1896, 7451:58).

Patriotic Earthenware Bank, color woodblock print from Yangliuqing, 1905, 34 x 56.2 cm.; from Wang 1991a: 2:557.

Girls Seek Education, color woodblock print from Yangliuqing, ca. 1900, 34.5 x 60 cm, Tianjin Museum of History Collection.; from Tianjin Art Museum 1984: 20.

Girls Self-strengthening, woodblock print from Yangliuqing, ca. 1900, 36.5 x 54 cm, Wang Shucun Collection.; from Wang 1991a: 2: 553.

Madame Meng Encouraging Girls to Study, color woodblock print from Yangliuqing, ca. 1900, dimensions unknown.; from Li/Wang 1992: 137.

Self-strengthening School, color woodblock print from Yangliuqing, ca. 1900, 60 x 102 cm, National Museum of Asian Ethnographic Art, Moscow.; from Sulian 1990: 1999.

In the Ladies Quarters Teaching a Son, woodblock print from Xinfeng, Shanxi, late nineteenth/early twentieth century, 108 x 62 cm, collection unknown.; from Wang 1991a: 2: 176.

Standing Beauty: Eternal Wealth and Illustriousness, color woodblock print from Suzhou, ca. 1900, dimensions unknown, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.; from Tseng 1977: 117.

A School Girl, color woodblock print from Mianzhu, Sichuan, ca. 1910, 54 x 40 cm, Wang Shucun collection.; from Gao et al. 1990: 91.

Tunan Ribao Calendar, lithograph, 1905, dimensions unknown, collection unknown.; from Pictorial History 1981: 82.4.

Military Drill at a Girl’s School, color woodblock print from Yangliuqing, ca. 1905, 57.6 x 106 cm, collection unknown.; from Wang 1991a: 2: 555

The New Army, photograph, ca. 1900.; from Jiu Zhongguo lueying 1955: 53.

Cavalry Unit from a Girls School, color woodblock print, ca. 1900, 53 x 93 cm, British Museum, London. Photo © The British Museum.

Female Military Unit, color woodblock print from Wujiang, Hebei, ca. 1900, 54 x 116 cm.; from Bo 1990: 91.

Female Military Unit, woodblock print from Weixian, Shandong, ca. 1900, 40 x 60 cm, Institute for the Study of Yangjiabu New Year’s Pictures Collection, Weixian.; from Weifang 1996: 182.

George Bickham the Elder, Postscript to the Post Boy, published by John King and T. Slater, 1706, “medley print,” engraving with etching colored by hand, 42.8 x 28.5 cm, Worcester College, Oxford.; from Clayton 1997: 7.

The First Pictures of the Events at Wuhan, lithograph, ca. 1911, 63.5 x 55.4 cm, British Museum, London. Photo: © The British Museum.

Calendar Poster for 1912 and 1913, color woodcut from Shanghai, 52 x 30 cm, Ethnographic Museum, St. Petersburg.; from Sulian 1990: 206.

Li Yuanhong, photograph, ca. 1911.; from Dingle 1912: frontispiece.

Yin Chang, photograph, ca. 1911.; from Dingle 1912: opp. p. 45.

Gift Calendar from Geo. A. Blackburn, an English tea merchant, with portraits of Sir H.H. Kitchener (1850-1916), Lord Wolseley (1833-1913), Lord Roberts (1832-1914), and Lord Charles Beresford (1846-1919), lithograph, 1899, dimensions unknown, Robert Opie Collection, Museum of Advertising and Packaging, Gloucester.; from Opie 1985: 64.

Dragon Flying Calendar Poster, woodblock print from Suzhou, ca. 1911, 58 x 35.5 cm, collection unknown.; from Wang 1991a: 1: 370.

Shanghai’s Business Community Wishes Long Life to President Sun, color woodblock print from Suzhou, 1911, 28 x 47 cm, collection unknown.; from Yao 1985: 115.

The Republic is Founded, color woodblock print from Yangliuqing, 1911, 40 x 25 cm, collection unknown.; after Wang 1992: 142

The Restoration of the Republic, color woodblock print from Yangliuqing, 1916, 42 x 68 cm.; from Tianjin Art Museum 1984: 56.

Wealth Arrives, color woodblock print, early 1920s, 51.3 x 90 cm, British Museum, London. Photo: © The British Museum.

Commemorative Portrait of Sun Yatsen, “hanger,” photo lithograph, 1925, dimensions unknown, present location unknown, author’s photograph.

Kitchen God as Arbiter of Fate, color woodblock print from Chengdu, Sichuan, ca. 1925, 33 x 22 cm, Muban Foundation for the Propagation of Chinese Woodblock Printing and Prints, London.

Protect the Border District, color woodblock print, ca. 1940, Bo Songnian collection.; after Andrews 1994: 4.

Standing Door Gods, color woodblock prints from Chongqing, Sichuan, late 1930s, 37.5 x 27.5 cm, Muban Foundation for the Propagation of Chinese Woodblock Printing and Prints, London.

Standing Door Gods, color woodblock prints from Chongqing, Sichuan, late 1930s, 37.5 x 27.5 cm, Muban Foundation for the Propagation of Chinese Woodblock Printing and Prints, London.

Mulan as a Frontier Guard, woodblock print illustration to the book “Feminine Models,” 1590, dimensions unknown.; from Fu 1981: 2: 517.

Mulan Testing Her Bow, woodblock print illustration to a collection of biographies of famous women, eighteenth century, dimensions unknown.; from Yan 1755: 66.

Mulan Joining the Army, advertising poster for Hatamen cigarettes, 1930s, photolithograph, 77 x 51 cm, Wei Tewen collection, Taipei.

Mulan Returns to Her Hometown, “hanger,” photolithograph, 1930s, 72 x 46 cm, Wei Tewen collection, Taipei.

Xie Zhiguang (1900-1976), Mulan Returns Home with Honors, advertisement poster for Huacheng Tobacco Company, photolithograph, 1930s, 76 x 49 cm, Wei Tewen collection, Taipei.