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China: Manchu court ladies, Beijing, late Qing Dynasty, c. 1900

Manchu women of the Forbidden City or Gugong in Beijing pose for a photograph c. 1910 in the very last days of the Manchu Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). They wear elaborate and expensive dresses. Their faces are whitened with powder, and their lipstick is applied in a narrow band across the centre of their lips following the fashion of the time.

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China: Manchu court ladies, Beijing, late Qing Dynasty, c. 1900

Caption:

Manchu women of the Forbidden City or Gugong in Beijing pose for a photograph c. 1910 in the very last days of the Manchu Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). They wear elaborate and expensive dresses. Their faces are whitened with powder, and their lipstick is applied in a narrow band across the centre of their lips following the fashion of the time.

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Album / Universal Images Group / Pictures From History

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4200 x 4193 px | 50.4 MB

Print size:

35.6 x 35.5 cm | 14.0 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1900 • ASIA • ASIAN • BEIJING • CHINA • CHINE • CHINESE • DYNASTY • FASHION • FEMALES • FORBIDDEN CITY • IMPERIAL CHINA • IMPERIAL PALACE • JEWELLERY • JEWELRY • MANCHU • MANDATE OF HEAVEN • MODA • MUJER • PEKIN • PEKING • PHOTOGRAPH • PORCELAIN • QING • STYLE • WOMAN'S • WOMAN • WOMAN. • WOMEN'S • WOMEN • WOMENS