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Image No. cn00089

Postcard Data

Size: 140x90mm
Caption: Enterrement chinois - Les Mandarins / Chinese funerals - The Mandarins

Publisher:
Publisher's Reference: Enterrement chinois 221

Stamp: Chinese

Printing Technique: Phototype
Color Nature: B&W
Postcard Particulars: Part of a setPostmark date erroneous

Printer:

Image Data

Image Nature: Photograph
Image Author: RenÃ© Tillot (Probable)
Creation: -1905 (Certain)
Creation Place: (Probable)

Topic: Detail of a funeral procession: mandarins and escort

Action: During the funeral procession for an important man, mandarins riding horses are followed by their escort on foot, carrying halberds. The scene was shot in a Western settlement street -- probably in Shanghai -- with numerous onlookers in summer dress.