Following the end of martial law in Taiwan in 1988 and the rise of Taiwan historical studies, the enormous influence on Taiwan in the 19th century of foreigners like Le Gendre and Pickering became known to all. But the pictorial and written records they left have also become precious historical material for understanding Taiwan.
隨著解嚴前後，台灣史研究的興起，諸如李仙德和必麒麟等 19 世紀來台的外國人，對台灣的重大影響也更為世人所知；而另外一方面，他們所留下的圖像和文字記錄，也成為了解台灣的珍貴史料。