Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Ch-s03. This photograph was pasted to a page disbound from an album. The woman may well have been a courtesan (prostitute / sex worker). The woman is holding some gingham fabric and wearing a twisted metal bracelet. See Ch-s04 (same flooring).

Location

Shanghai

Estimated Date

1870-1880

Tags

• fashion
• clothes
• verandah
• veranda
• studio
• Chatterton
• shoes
• prostitute
• prostitution
• feet
• foot
• binding
• foot-binding
• Golden Lily
• Golden Lilies
• trousers

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

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