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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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Title: 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.

Credit: Album / Universal Images Group / Pictures From History

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Image size: 4200 × 4193 px | 50.4 MB

Print size: 35.6 × 35.5 cm | 1653.5 × 1650.8 in (300 dpi)

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