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Chosen as a concubine of the Xianfeng Emperor, she was the mother of the Tongzhi Emperor and later installed her nephew as the Guangxu Emperor. Unusually among the Manchu women of the palace, she could read and write Chinese, and her calligraphy of the character for happiness is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach print is made to our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/archival-museum-standards\"\u003eArchival Museum Standards\u003c\/a\u003e: a 12-ink giclée, printed to order. Unframed prints are made on Hahnemühle German Etching, a 310gsm matte fine-art paper. Framed prints arrive in a handmade solid-wood frame with low-reflection glazing, ready to hang. 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