A woman with bound feet, lying on a bench in a photographer’s studio, reading a book

A woman with bound feet, lying on a bench in a photographer’s studio, reading a book

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: JC-s371. The woman in this posed studio photograph printed on a post card is looking at a folded book, as if reading. The woman may well have been a courtesan (prostitute / sex worker). Printed on the back of this post card: Th. E. L. Serie 1008. See Ch-s04 (which is variant of JC-s371).

Caption on photograph

RICH CHINESE LADY

Estimated Date

1870-1880

Material

Paper

Media

Tinted photograph

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