A girl with bound feet, Hong Kong

A girl with bound feet, Hong Kong

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Ch-s01. Photograph by Pun Lun, probably taken in Hong Kong. Albumen silver print on carte-de-visite. Reproduced on page 120 of ‘Picturing Hong Kong Photography 1855 -1910’ by Roberta Wue et al, with comment: ‘This young girl poses in a portrait-style photograph, but the prominence given her bound feet indicates that this was probably produced as a genre image.’

Caption in album or on mount

Small foot child

Location

Hong Kong

Estimated Date

1870-1890

Photographer

Pun-Lun

Dimensions

59mm x 90mm

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

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