Programme de la promenade en traineaux offerte a leurs camarades par les officiers de l'état-major et des services de la Brigade d'Occupation. de [Peking imprint] - 1901

Peking: lithographed by Panoy, after drawings by F. Merrier, 1901. Double-sided lithograph on a single sheet of paper (29.5 x 42 cm), folded in half. Lithographed illustrations in black and gold. An extraordinary program printed in gold for a promenade on ice by the French officers of the force occupying Beijing and their guests. The program includes picnic menu (consommé, sandwiches, cold beef and lamb, chicken in aspic, Russian salad, pastries, and paté), music for the concert, performed by the bands of the 16th and 17th Colonial Infantry Regiments, as well as an injunction for guests to dress warmly. We have been unable to trace either artist or lithographer. We locate no institutional copies.