The Dowager Empress of China Finish:Stretched Interior of the Church of

Interior of the Church of St Mary

Standard Oil employees went on strike on 15 July 1915 over pay and union organisation

Scene showing a stout man crowned with barley and poppies and bound in a sheaf of barley

Thomas Amyot was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1824

All around are the accoutrements of the playroom

The Dowager Empress of China Finish:Stretched Interior of the Church ofThe Dowager Empress of China, 1904. The Dowager Empress Cixi (1835 1908) was regent and de facto ruler of China from 1861 until her death, even though her nephew, the Guangxu Emperor, was nominally on the throne from 1875. His wife, the Empress Xiao Ding Jing (1868 1913) is standing in front of the Dowager Empress. A print from The Girl's Own Annual, 12 November 1904.