Woman, standing, by Youqua

An image of Album: Manchu Officials. Woman, standing. Youqua (Chinese, ac.1840-1870). Album containing 12 watercolours on pith paper. Watercolour, bodycolour, and ink with heightening in white and silver, on pith paper, laid down with with strips of blue silk-covered paper, height 336 mm, width 253 mm, 19th century. Chinese. Production Note: Export album made for the Western market.

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Album: Manchu Officials. Woman, standing. Youqua (Chinese, ac.1840-1870). Album containing 12 watercolours on pith paper. Watercolour, bodycolour, and ink with heightening in white and silver, on pith paper, laid down with with strips of blue silk-covered paper, height 336 mm, width 253 mm, 19th century. Chinese. Production Note: Export album made for the Western market.

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Accession Number: 4168(6)
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 777 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 457.67kB
Exposure time: 1/17
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2011:06:15 11:07:34

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19th Century album bodycolour Chinese clothes clothing costume dress fashion fashionable female Fitz_PDP fruits headdress lady Manchu Manchurian official paper pith paper silk standing tables watercolour woman Youqua

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