Image No. cn00006

Postcard Data

Size: 89x140mm
Caption: Chinoise du grand monde [High-ranking Chinese lady]

Publisher:
Publisher's Reference: Ser. 62, No. 1. “Un mot à la poste”

Stamp: France
Postmark Other: St. Raphael (France)

Printing Technique: Phototype
Color Nature: B&W
Postcard Particulars: The woman is an ethnic Manchu

Printer:

Image Data

Image Nature: Photograph
Creation: 1895-1900 (Probable)
Creation Place: (Probable)

Topic: Manchu lady seated in a doorway

Action: The woman, in summer dress, is posing for an outdoor portrait. She is holding a water pipe and a folding fan, and has books, a teacup and a snuff bottle next to her. The gate behind opens on a Chinese garden.