Manchu women buying flowers as ornaments for their headdress (qitou), Beijing

Manchu women buying flowers as ornaments for their headdress (qitou), Beijing

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: PF01-20. Photograph by John Thomson, taken at the same place as PF01-18 and PF01-28. See a scan of Thomson's negative (Wellcome Collection ref: 19655i).

Location

Beijing

Date

1871

Photographer

Thomson, John

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph