"Yang Kuei Fei--The Chinese Cleopatra" published on March 24,1929 in the American Weekly Sunday magazine painted by Edmund Dulac as part of the "Famous Vamps of History" Kuei Fei was the favorite concubine of Hsuan Tsung, commonly known as Ming Huang, or Brilliant Emperor, the last Emperor of the T'ang dynasty of China, about 756 His reign was one of luxury and debauchery, in which Lady Yang was the central figure. She was the power behind the throne. Members of the Emperor’s court sought her favor, and woe to him who displeased her.
In 1923, “Edmund Dulac, the Distinguished English Artist,” as he was billed on the covers, was contracted by the Hearst organization to paint watercolors for The American Weekly Sunday magazine. The contract lasted 30 years and Dulac painted 107 watercolors for thirteen different series until his last Arabian Nights in 1951.
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