TW426894 Chinese Ladies Looking at European Curiosities, 1868 (oil on canvas) by Hodgson, John Evan (1831-95); 70.8x91.5 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; (add.info.: A Chinese man is shown holding up a delicate Western lady\'s shoe; The Chinese ladies are laughing because it is so large compared to their own tiny feet (small feet were a mark of beauty in China and were produced by foot-binding in times gone by); A European vase on the floor in the foorground is rather crude in comparison with the fine Chinese tea-bowls on the table;); 穢 Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; English, out of copyright.