Studio portrait of a Manchu woman in fine traditional dress

Studio portrait of a Manchu woman in fine traditional dress

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Ru02-41.  No caption for this photograph in the album. Probably taken in, or near, Peking (Beijing). See also Ru02-59 (same woman, same studio, same chrysanthemums). The woman's long fingernails indicate that she did no manual work.

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1905

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London

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