Image No. cn00015

Postcard Data

Size: 90x140mm
Caption: Tien-Tsin. - Femmes Chinoises [Tientsin - Chinese women]

Publisher:
Publisher's Reference: 47

Stamp: France (Chine)

Printing Technique: Phototype
Color Nature: B&W
Postcard Particulars: Stamp probably substituted

Printer:
Message: The figures above the signature are probably not a date but an encoded message.

Image Data

Image Nature: Photograph
Creation Place: (Assumed)

Topic: Studio portrait of two young women

Action: Two young women seat on Western chairs with covers, on either side of a round table with clock, tea cups and plate of peaches, with a potted tree between them. The painted backdrop shows a fantasy Chinese landscape. Both hair and fashion, with tight leggings and high collars, date the image about 1910.

Image Particulars: This is north China, either Tianjin or Beijing.