Image No. cn00051

Postcard Data

Size: 142x91mm
Caption: Petits Métiers chinois - Le Maréchal ferrant / Small chinese pedlars - The farrier

Publisher:
Publisher's Reference: 60

Stamp: China

Printing Technique: Phototype
Color Nature: B&W
Postcard Particulars: Postmark year erroneous

Printer:

Image Data

Image Nature: Photograph
Image Author: René Tillot (Probable)
Creation: 1900-1905 (Assumed)
Creation Place: (Certain)

Topic: Horse shoeing

Action: A mule is tightly tied with a rope to a beam and poles; the farrier works on its right fore foot. The scene takes place in a Beijing street Beijing; it is being redone, with people working on the surface of the lane the farrier works in. On the road above is a cart pulled by two mules. Passengers are in the distance, as well as pedestrians.

Image Particulars: Beijing streets were the object of a major repair program in the years after 1900.