Group of Chinese women,Shanghai,China,1870-1872,John Thomson

Title: Group of Chinese women
Creator(s): Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921, photographer
Date Created/Published: [between 1870 and 1872]
Summary: Photograph shows three Chinese women, two seated, one standing.
Notes:
Title from front and back of item.
Caption on back of item: 'Group of Chinese women. The gentler sex are all particularly fond of adorning their heads with artificial flowers, which the Chinese are remarkably dexterous in making or representations of insects, birds, &c.,or ornaments of gold or silver. or precious stones, or even of lead, tin, or wood according to their class jade is a favorite material for ornaments. Ear-rings are also very generally worn, and often the entire savings of a Chinese woman are thus expended they carry their fortunes on their persons. Custom requires that widows connected with wealthy familes should abstain from an excessive use of bead ornaments during the period alloted for mourning.
Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thiriez, 2009)
In album: Japanese and Chinese portraits, [p. 45, lower right].
Subjects:
Women--Clothing & dress--China--Shanghai--1870-1880.
Albumen prints--Hand-colored--1870-1880.
Group portraits--1870-1880.
Portrait photographs--1870-1880.
Bookmark /2011660127/
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