The Emperor Taou-kwang reviewing his Guards, Palace of Peking / BeiJing China / Drawn by T. Allom Engraved by
Emperor Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty held a parade at the Noon Gate in the Forbidden City. The Daoguang Emperor, also known by his temple name Emperor Xuanzong of Qing, personal name Mianning, was the seventh emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the sixth Qing emperor to rule over China proper, reigning from 1820 to 1850. His reign was marked by “external disaster and internal rebellion.” These included the First Opium War and the beginning of the Taiping Rebellion which nearly brought down the dynasty. The historian Jonathan Spence characterizes the Daoguang Emperor as a “well meaning but ineffective man” who promoted officials who “presented a purist view even if they had nothing to say about the domestic and foreign problems surrounding the dynasty.” / Property owner: artport, digitalization: artport.
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Location: BeiJing China
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