Title

Chinese Peasant Women, 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Chinese Peasant Women, 1857. '...a group of Peasant Women of Foochow, remarkable for their fantastic head-dresses. One of the figures shows the usual method of carrying articles in baskets'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A76_400

Model release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

9,2Mb (641,0Kb) / 6,5in x 5,5in / 1944 x 1654 (300dpi)

Keywords

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