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2019-06-03T19:48:09.000Z
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Video Title:
#FSEmpresses: Portrait of Empress Dowager Cixi
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This time-lapse video captures the installation of American artist Katherine A. Carl's portrayal of Empress Dowager Cixi. The empress had this larger-than-life portrait (it stands 16 feet tall in the frame) created for display at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. In a strategic diplomatic move, Cixi had this portrait presented to President Theodore Roosevelt. It is now part of the collection at the Smithsonian's Freer|Sackler and is part of the exhibition "Empresses of China's Forbidden City, 1644-1912" currently on view until June 23, 2019. 慈禧皇太后油画像屏 Empress Dowager Cixi Katharine A. Carl (1865–1938) Oil on canvas Frame: camphor wood Transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, S2011.16.1-2
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1 min 1 sec
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