carte-de-visite photograph
Summary
Portrait of ?Princess Helena and her husband in front of a draped window backdrop. The man, leaning on a wooden desk, has a moustache and sideburns and is wearing a lounge coat, waistcoat with pocket watch chain, shirt with cravat and trousers. The woman is sat reading a book, with hair pulled back into a chignon and a bow on her head, and is wearing a dress with a full skirt and wide pagoda sleeves with white undersleeves. The skirt and sleeves are decorated with box pleats in varying sizes.
Object Name
carte-de-visite photograph
Creators Name
Date Created
1865-1870
Dimensions
image: 10.2cm x 6.4cm
accession number
2008.40.5.1435
Collection Group
Place of creation
England
Medium
