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Chinese flower girl

Photograph
ca. 1860s (Photographed)
Artist/Maker

A sepia-coloured photograph mounted on card showing a portrait of a young woman seated on a chair looking to the left of camera with her right forearm resting on a small cane table and her left elbow on a balustrade. She is wearing an intricately designed long dress with tassells at the hem and a headdress with pom poms, enbroidery and two long feathers; she holds a fan in her left hand.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Chinese flower girl (assigned by artist)
  • Chinese flower girl (studio setting) (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen print
Brief description
Photograph by unknown photographer, 'Chinese flower girl', albumen print, ca. 1860s
Physical description
A sepia-coloured photograph mounted on card showing a portrait of a young woman seated on a chair looking to the left of camera with her right forearm resting on a small cane table and her left elbow on a balustrade. She is wearing an intricately designed long dress with tassells at the hem and a headdress with pom poms, enbroidery and two long feathers; she holds a fan in her left hand.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 37cm
  • Mount width: 27.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
titled (ink, verso)
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund
Object history
Acquired from Miss Turner/Miss Edwards of Bexhill on 24.5.1949.
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Other numbers
  • 21967 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • 15617 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • A10 - RPS identifier - box number
Collection
Accession number
RPS.2133-2022

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Record createdNovember 16, 2022
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