The small foot of a Chinese lady. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a young Chinese woman, seated and exposing her bound foot. On the left, for comparison, is seen the unbound foot of an elderly woman.
A high caste lady's dainty 'Lily Feet'—showing method of deformity (shoe worn on great toe only)—China. Photographer: James Ricalton for Underwood and Underwood