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. The woman is wearing a changyi (常衣) and a vest. Her hair is done in a liangbatou (兩把頭) and she wears a pair of finger guards on her ring finger and pinkie. This photograph may have been taken in, or near, Peking (Beijing). See also Ru02-59 (same woman, same studio, same chrysanthemums).

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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