cabinet photograph

A Greer

Summary

A studio portrait of a woman in an indoor setting. She is wearing a light coloured silk dress with a tightly boned bodice that has buttons down the bottom centre, and a v-shape neckline with a lace trimmed collar. The sleeves also have lace on the cuffs, and the skirt is pressed into pleats and gathered into a small bustle at the back. She is also wearing a black decorative hat with white flower details and black plumes. She is also holding a basket of flowers, and is tending to a small vase of flowers hanging on the wall. Written on the back "Enclosed small piece of bodice / ?? to show colour / tight fitting bodice well boned / wrapped away in fair condition / skirt undone to wrap feather + ?? / up less room, could be reassembled if desired. Very good + pretty sliupe?? on ?? ?? ground / colour of bodice, but not cold here / to seek fare it just now (5th show)"