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China - A Chinese Barber, preparing a long pigtailChina - A Chinese Barber, preparing a traditional long pigtail Date: circa 1910s
Chinese man and Nogai Tatar manChinese man and Tatar man of the Nogai Horde. Mongolic Races. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from his Natural History of the Human Species
Manchu man, Mongol with pigtail, and Eleuth Mongol manManchu (Niuchi) man, Mongol with moustache and pigtail, and Eleuth Mongol man. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from his Natural History of
The Empress Dowager Cixi (Tzu-Hsi)L Dorado. The Empress Dowager Cixi (Tzu-Hsi) (1835-1908) causing trouble for a (representation of) the Chinese Emperor. Date: 1900
It Takes All Sorts To Make A World - An - Heres Two Of The Sorts! Little Girl and tiny pig - Fun Comic postcard by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Date: circa 1930s
Miss Libbys MilkLibbys Happy Families Card Game, Miss Libbys Milk. circa 1950s
Busts of Japanese and Chinese menBusts of Japanese men with chonmage topknot hairstyle, and Chinese men with beards, one with pigtail. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Illustrated Natural History of
Young woman of Guggisberg, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, 19th century. Her hair braids are tied over her toquet, and her initials are embroidered on her breast either side of a small bib corset
Single woman of Bern, Switzerland, 19th centurySingle woman of Bern in distinctive straw hat decorated with flowers, Switzerland, 19th century. Her chemise is embroidered with her initials, E.B
Laure de Noves, muse of Francesco Petrarch, 1308-1348Laure de Noves or Laure de Sade, wife of Count Hugues de Sade, and muse of Francesco Petrarch, 1308-1348. She wears a long blue surtout with laced bodice and slashed sleeves, crakows or poulaines
Two Chinese women playing the game of congkak or tchonka, Timor, 19th century. A Chinese man with pigtail watches. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient
Chinese men playing the game of go. A musician with gong, man with pigtail, and peasant in straw hat play the board game go, while a farmer with hoe and musician with flute watch
Costumes of city dwellers and farmers. Middle-class man in overcoat of sheepskin with half moons over a silk robe, farmers in jackets and trousers
Chinese man losing pigtail by forceFreedom by force: Compelled to lose a badge of servitude. Chinese man unwilling to lose his pigtail or queue, considered a symbol of servitude by republicans, has it cut off by a soldier. Date: 1912
Chinese Tambourine Musician. 19th century
Strolling beggars in China knocking their heads together and on a stone in order to extort alms. Date: 1737
Strolling beggars in China with burning coalsStrolling beggars in China laying burning coals on their heads and using other austerities in order to extort alms. Date: 1752
Symbolic cutting of pigtails in Shanghai, ChinaAt Shanghai, 500 young men voluntarily relinquish their traditional pigtails, symbolising the new spirit of China. Date: 1911
Slightly Louche Girl in a Studio portrait pose in rather unusual boyish attire. Date: circa 1908
Bhutia man with long pigtail - DarjeelingA Bhutia man with long pigtail. The Bhutia are ethnic Tibetans who speak a Tibetan dialect. Their ancestors migrated from Tibet to Sikkim, Darjeeling
Smiling Chinese man on a Christmas card. (1 of 2) Date: early 20th century
Mobile Chinese Street Food Cook and Vendor - preparing lunch - Beijing, China. Date: circa 1910s
Comic visual and verbal pun -- A China-manCartoon - Comic visual and verbal pun - A Chinaman. 19th century
Misfitz - Aladdin. early 20th century
Cadburys Happy Families - Miss TrayCadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Miss Tray the Waiters Daughter. circa 1950
Cadburys Happy Families - Miss VogueCadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Miss Vogue the Artists Daughter. circa 1950
Oriental man riding a dog on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s
China - Two Musicians having a break and a drink. The two instruments in front of them are a Sanxian and a Yuegin (Moon Guitar). Date: circa 1908
Chinese Street Doctor assessing a young patientChinese Street Doctor assesses a young patient, while an interested crowd gathers. Whether the medicine being practised is traditional, western or mystic is a little hard to determine
Chinese boy carrying his younger sibling on his back. Date: circa 1905
Misfitz Dolls - Chinese. Date: early 20th century
Chinese man and monkey on a Christmas cardChinese man on a Christmas card has his pigtail pulled by a monkey. (2 of 2) Date: early 20th century
Scene outside a city gate, Beijing (Peking), China. Date: 1898
Street in Guangzhou (Canton), China. circa 1906
The uncomfortable pigtail Date: 1921
Chinese men playing a game of dice.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845
French postboy with pigtail and heavy boots, circa 1815.. Handcolored copperplate engraving by M. S. from Benjamin Rotchs Manners and Customs of the French, London, Sotheran, 1893
Crowded street with parade, ChinaCrowds watch a parade, possibly a military one, in China. The men wear their hair in the traditional queue hairstyle with a long pigtail. Date: C.1913
British soldiers in China, c. 1911A Chinese man in traditional clothes and with a queue pigtail hairstyle talks to a pipe-smoking westerner, with other men in the background
China - Young Chinese children wearing their Sunday best Date: 1901
China - A Chinese Juggler amazes a group of young boys Date: circa 1910s
Belly Cold - Chinese man causes linguistic confusionChinese man causes linguistic confusion... " Belly cold today, miss!" " Well - why don t you tuck your shirt in?" Date: circa 1940
Shanghai, China - In Front of a Chinese Temple. Date: circa 1909
Market Reports - Chinese SteadyMarket Reports postcard - Chinese (market) Steady. A Chinese beauty poses for a photograph, maintaining a static pose for as long as possible to allow for the length of exposure required by
