乾隆皇帝死后,包括《女史箴图》在内的“四美”一直被收藏于紫禁城建福宫花园,慈禧太后时期被移往颐和园,1899年义和团事件,八国联军进京,驻颐和园的英军第一孟加拉骑兵团的克劳伦斯.K.约翰逊上尉(Captain Clarence A. K. Johnson (1870–1937))趁乱将《女史箴图》盗走,约翰逊上尉的家人后来辩称,《女史箴图》是一个被约翰逊救过的贵妇的赠品,[42]约翰逊1902年回到伦敦后,并没有意识到《女史箴图》的价值,他把《女史箴图》拿到大英国博物馆,想让馆员给画轴上的玉扣估价,大英博物馆绘画部的管理员Sidney Colvin (1845–1927),和他的助手Laurence Binyon (1869–1943)意识到了这幅画的价值,于是以25英镑从约翰逊手中购得。[21][43]1912年,大英博物馆雇佣日本画家杉崎秀明和漆原木虫制作了100份木板复制品,1914到1915期间,《女史箴图》被分割成两长段和一小段保存,第一段包含9幅场景的原作,第二段的包括了其他所有的后来添加部分,第三段是邹一桂的画作,[21]从1914年以来,此画被保管于大英博物馆北区,由于光线原因很少展出。[44]
^Display card for the Admonitions Scroll by the digital reproduction on the North Stairs of the British Museum. Accessed 2012-03-25.
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