A woman with bound feet, lying on a bench in a photographer’s studio, reading a book
Collection
Identifier
JC-s371
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).
Estimated Date
1870-1880
Material
Paper
Media
Tinted photograph