A woman with bound feet, in a photographer’s studio

A woman with bound feet, in a photographer’s studio

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Ch-s03. This photograph was pasted to a page disbound from an album. The woman may well have been a courtesan (prostitute / sex worker). The woman is holding some gingham fabric and wearing a twisted metal bracelet. See Ch-s04 (same flooring).

Location

Shanghai

Estimated Date

1870-1880

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph