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Footbinding Collection

Background imageFootbinding Collection: The Chinese Giant, Chang, with his wife and attendant dwarf, 1865. Creator: Unknown

The Chinese Giant, Chang, with his wife and attendant dwarf, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Chinese Giant, Chang, with his wife and attendant dwarf, 1865. Engraving from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, of '...a young gentleman named Chang-Woo-Gow

Background imageFootbinding Collection: Sketches from China - Chinese Opium-smokers, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Sketches from China - Chinese Opium-smokers, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sketches from China - Chinese Opium-smokers, 1858. Note woman on right with bound feet. The rooms where the Chinese sit and smoke opium are surrounded by wooden couches

Background imageFootbinding Collection: Form of a Treaty of Marriage in China - from a drawing by a Chinese artist, 1857. Creator: Unknown

Form of a Treaty of Marriage in China - from a drawing by a Chinese artist, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Form of a Treaty of Marriage in China - from a drawing by a Chinese artist, 1857. Upon the table is a tablet bearing the names of the contracting parties

Background imageFootbinding Collection: Amoy Women; The Small Foot of a Chinese Lady; Amoy Men; Male and Female Costume, Amoy, c

Amoy Women; The Small Foot of a Chinese Lady; Amoy Men; Male and Female Costume, Amoy, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl

Background imageFootbinding Collection: Femme du Lanxchow, 1870s. Creator: Unknown

Femme du Lanxchow, 1870s. Creator: Unknown
Femme du Lanxchow, 1870s

Background imageFootbinding Collection: Mandarin Wife, 1861-1863. Creator: Milton M. Miller

Mandarin Wife, 1861-1863. Creator: Milton M. Miller
Mandarin Wife, 1861-1863

Background imageFootbinding Collection: Mandarin Wife, 1860-1863. Creator: Milton M. Miller

Mandarin Wife, 1860-1863. Creator: Milton M. Miller
Mandarin Wife, 1860-1863

Background imageFootbinding Collection: Culling Tea, ca. 1869. Creator: Attributed to Lai Fong

Culling Tea, ca. 1869. Creator: Attributed to Lai Fong
Culling Tea, ca. 1869

Background imageFootbinding Collection: Musicians and Flag Bearers in advance of a funeral, c1860. Creator: M & N Hanhart

Musicians and Flag Bearers in advance of a funeral, c1860. Creator: M & N Hanhart
Musicians and Flag Bearers in advance of a funeral, c1860. Procession of barefoot men with musical instruments. The woman on the right has bound feet

Background imageFootbinding Collection: A high caste ladys dainty lily feet, showing method of deformity, China, 1900

A high caste ladys dainty lily feet, showing method of deformity, China, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
A high caste ladys dainty lily feet, showing method of deformity, China, 1900. Shoe worn on great toe only. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Background imageFootbinding Collection: Woman with bound feet, China, 19th century. Artist: E Ronjat

Woman with bound feet, China, 19th century. Artist: E Ronjat
Woman with bound feet, China, 19th century


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