India & Asia Gallery

Japanese taking Port Arthur, 1894

Japanese warships taking Port Arthur, Manchuria, during the Sino-Japanese War, 1894.
Printed color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Marco Polo transported in Kublai Khan's elephant car during visit to China, 1200s.
Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier engraving

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US soldiers in the Philippines after the Spanish-American War, 1899

Water-buffalo dragging guns of the US Army's Utah battery into position against Filipino insurgents, 1899.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

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