ОписаниеPortrait Of Manchu Girl In Traditional Costume, Beijing, China, (c1861-1864) Attribution Unknown (RESTORED) (4179968648).jpg |
Entitled: Portrait Of Manchu Girl In Traditional Costume, Beijing, China, [c1861-1864] Attribution Unk [RESTORED] I did simple spot removal and then had to do a lot of edge damage repair and reconstruction. The bottom right corner was evident of very bad retouching work on the original, as it looked like the corner was either water damaged or unevenly developed. The bottom left corner was missing and appeared to have suffered fire damage. After the repairs, contrast and tonal adjustments, Sepia toned and then a faux Duotone of Blue and Yellow.
This image was found on the University Of Southern California Library's Internet Mission Photography Archives. The following is from their title page:
"The Internet Mission Photography Archive offers historical images from Protestant and Catholic missionary collections in Britain, Norway, Germany, and the United States. The photographs, which range in time from the middle of the nineteenth to the middle of the twentieth century, offer a visual record of missionary activities and experiences in Africa, China, Madagascar, India, Papua-New Guinea, and the Caribbean. The photographs reveal the physical influence of missions, visible in mission compounds, churches, and school buildings, as well as the cultural impact of mission teaching, religious practices, and Western technology and fashions. Indigenous peoples' responses to missions and the emergence of indigenous churches are represented, as are views of landscapes, cities, and towns before and in the early stages of modern development."
Source: digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa/controller/index.htm
According to their information about this image:
""Young girl in full dress - a Manchu" [Manchu Girl in full dress]" Portrait of seated girl with fan. One of a set of prints by an unidentified Russian photographer, bearing caption in English and also captions in Russian on the reverse. They are also accompanied by a hand written list of captions, and where this differs from the caption written on the print, this has been included in square brackets above.
William Lockhart was among the pioneers of medical missionary work for the LMS. He travelled to Canton [now Guangzhou] in 1838, opening hospitals at Macao [now Macau] and Shanghai before opening a mission in Peking [now Beijing] in 1861. Lockhart left Beijing in 1864, although remained connected with the Society, serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors in 1869. Lockhart obtained these prints during his time in Beijing, and they came into the LMS collection from Constance Patterson [née Brown] who had been given them by Lockhart's daughter, Mrs. Jervis."
Record ID: impa-m1565 |