Original unmounted silver gelatin photograph by C.W. Killie, measuring 7½" x 9½", showing the British Legation compound in Peking (Beijing) shortly after the Boxer Rebellion siege of 1900. The image captures the legation's imposing exterior walls, gates, and a cluster of Western-style rickshaws and carriages abandoned in the foreground, amid rubble and debris.

Dozens of figures—likely Chinese civilians and workers—are visible along the perimeter wall and near a temporary shelter structure, offering a sense of life returning to the area after the 55-day siege. The flagpole stands tall above the main gate, with the compound’s tile-roofed buildings and dense trees forming a backdrop.

The photograph is clearly credited at lower left: "Copyrights applied for by C.W. Killie, Peking." Killie, a Scottish missionary and photographer, documented numerous scenes of the Boxer Uprising, particularly focusing on the aftermath within the Legation Quarter.

Although the verso note refers incorrectly to the “Great Wall of China,” the image unmistakably depicts the Legation Quarter, not the Wall. This mix-up likely came from a later hand unfamiliar with the photo’s context.

An important visual record of the Boxer Rebellion’s aftermath and the reoccupation of the Legation Quarter. Unmounted and in sharp condition, this is a valuable piece of early 20th-century war photography from one of the few foreign photographers on the ground in Peking during and after the crisis.