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COLLECTION OF THE LATE FRENCH DIPLOMAT GEORGES DUBAIL (1845-1932)
法國外交官呂班 Georges Dubail (1845-1932)舊藏
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G eorges Dubail (1845-1932) went to China for the frst
time in 1876. He spent two years working for the Minister
Plenipotentiary in Beijing before coming back to France,
where he was an employee of the Orient and Indochina
Sub-Directorate. In 1893, he was once again posted to the
Consulate in Shanghai, then in 1897 he took the direction of
the Legation in Beijing with the mission of supervising the
works of the railway line Longzhou-Nanning and Beijing-
Hankou. In 1898, he travelled across the world to South
America then back to Asia in Tokyo then Beijing in 1902.
Dubail fnished his diplomatic career in Pekin as Minister
Plenipotentiary. He came back to France in 1906 bringing
along Chinese and Japanese works of art he had always lived
with and which stayed in the family until today. During his
career, Dubail was also committed to strengthen relationships
between France and China and thus took part in the creation
Georges Dubail (1845-1932). of the Franco-Chinese Friendship Association (Association Georges Dubail in his house, Paris, in
Amicale franco-chinoise) in 1907 in Paris, which welcomed the 1910s.
Chinese students such as Deng Xiaoping or Nie Rongzhen
who then became Chinese communist party leaders.

喬治呂班(1845-1932)於1876年首次赴華。他隨全權公使於北京工作
兩年，後返法國任命遠東與印度支那局。1893年，他被派駐中國任
職駐沪總領事館。1897年，他接替署理駐北京公使館，負責實施龍
州-南寧及北京-漢口鐵路修建工作。1898年，他被派至南美及東京，
隨後於1902年返回北京，後擔任北京全權公使。1906年，他返回故
鄉法國並帶回一直珍藏的中國及日本藝術品。在呂班的外交職業生
涯中，他一直大力支持中法關係。1907年，他參與創建了法中協會，
該協會曾接待了鄧小平、聂荣臻等第一批留法學生。

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RARE ALBUM DE CINQUANTE PHOTOGRAPHIES
‘COMPAGNIE IMPÉRIALE DES CHEMINS DE FER
CHINOIS ET SOCIÉTÉ D’ÉTUDE DE CHEMINS DE FER EN
CHINE. LIGNE DE PÉKIN-HANKOW, ANNÉES 1899-1905’
CHINE, FIN DE LA DYNASTIE QING (1644-1911)
La couverture en soie jaune est rehaussée d’écoinçons et d’un A RARE ALBUM OF FIFTY PHOTOGRAPHS ‘CHINESE IMPERIAL
écusson central à décor de dragon. Le titre est imprimé en chinois RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION AND THE BUREAU OF STUDIES OF
et en français. L’intérieur comprend 50 photographies montées sur RAILWAY IN CHINA. PEKING-HANKOW LINE, 1899-1905’
onglet, chacune accompagnée d’une légende. CHINA, LATE QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
Dimensions d’une photo: 26 x 34 cm. (10º x 13¡ in.)
Dimensions de l’album: 37,5 x 55 cm. (14æ x 21¬ in.) 清末 京汉铁路照片贴册 《中國鐵路總公司承造中國鐵路比公司京
漢鐵路1899-1905 》
€15,000-25,000 $18,000-29,000
£14,000-22,000 來源：法國外交官呂班 Georges Dubail (1845-1932)舊藏，
傳由慈禧太后於1905年前贈與藏家
PROVENANCE
Ofered by Empress dowager Cixi to Georges Dubail prior to 1905 by
repute.
This extremely rare album is a important chronicle of the Beijing–
Hankow railway construction in China led by the Belgian engineer
Jean Jadot (1862-1932) during 1899-1905.

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