Woman seated beside a candelabra, by Youqua

An image of Album: Manchu Officials. Woman seated beside a candelabra. 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 seated beside a candelabra. 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(8)
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
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Image width: 777 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 462.80kB
Exposure time: 1/17
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2011:06:15 11:08:37

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19th Century album bodycolour candelabra candelabrum Chinese clothes clothing costume dress fashion fashionable feathers female Fitz_PDP headdress lady Manchu Manchurian official paper pith paper seated silk sitting tables watercolour woman Youqua

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