An Addition to a Splendid Education. The young Chinese of the upper class don't only cultivate the art of the hunting horn, they also learn to give punches with the fist or the heels of their boots right into the pit of the stomach. This talent is called boxing with the feet and it is cultivated with the greatest success by all those who consider placing themselves on a good footing in society, plate 17 from Voyage En Chine

A Present for an Artist. The Chinese adore music, but they are also passionately fond of musicians. Their infatuation of this attitude is carried to extremes which are not easily understood in our civilized regions. Thus it is quite normal to see Chinese harnessed like horses to a cab and drive their idol around town. An when a pianist has improvised variations more or less brilliant of the "air of moonlight", "Ah!... you will say... Mama" or "King Dagobert", they find nothing better to bestow on him than a sword of honour which is accepted with a coolness equally laughable, plate 23 from Voyage En Chine

Art Institute of Chicago

"How They Do It" in China

Getty Museum

Chine, pont près d'Itchang

Musée d’Art moderne de Paris

Chinois inventa, dit-on, la poudre à canon, nous en fit don

Musée d’Art moderne de Paris

Hercule ayant une jambe de bois, faisant des exercices de force

Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris

The Rewards of Study

Minneapolis Institute of Art

New Year's Day. The Chinese, following an old and respectable tradition invented by a confectioner, never fail to begin the year by offering to all their acquaintances chestnuts and other small presents. They kiss each other with pursed lips, but would rather tear each other apart. On this memorable day in Beijing alone 300'000 kilos of sweets and 200'000 kilos of gingerbread will be devoured. No wonder that on January 2nd all the little Chinese have a colic. But who cares.... next year they'll be again filled up with the same colic enhancing stuff always under the pretext of "traditional duty", plate 25 from Voyage En Chine

Art Institute of Chicago

Hercule ayant une jambe de bois, mutilé de guerre faisant des exercices de force sur la place publique

Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris

Coiffure chinoise. Robe garnie en chicorée. / Paris. / Merveilleuse. / N°19

Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris

Which proves again that already since high school man supports himself on the shoulders of his kin in order to advance in life, plate 30 from Professeurs Et Moutards

Art Institute of Chicago

La Chine

Petit Palais, musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris

La Chine

Petit Palais, musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris