Manchu marriage preparation, China
A Manchu Marriage'. A bride is prepared for her wedding. Ten days before the marriage invitations are issued. These are printed on sheets of red paper about a foot long and half a foot broad, and enclosed in envelopes of the same gigantic proportions. On the morning of the betrothal the young lady... is dressed in a simple red cotton or silk robe borrowed or bought, according to her station in life
Picture No
11939093
Media ID
46076905
Size
2571px x 2932px
(1.9MB)
Credit
© The John Meek Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Usage Restrictions
Editorial Use Only
Source
From Illustrations of China and its People' by J Thomson, published by Sampson Low, 1874. Photograph: John Meek
Date
1874
