cabinet photograph
Summary
Full length portrait of 2 women wearing outdoor dress seated on a mock stone against a painted studio backdrop of rocks and the sea. The woman on the left is wearing a small straw hat with white flowers and a light printed cotton dress with a black lace centre front insert and brooch and a pleated bodice with full length sleeves with kick up shoulder pleats and black gloves. She is holding a black parasol with a wide lace border. The woman beside her is wearing a close fitting black bonnet with a spotted net veil over her face and a dark silk dress with a fitted bodice, full length fitted sleeves with a fur trim at the cuffs, neckline, centre front and bodice hem. Her skirt is pleated and she is wearing black gloves and a silver bracelet and she is holding a black parasol.
Object Name
cabinet photograph
Creators Name
Date Created
1880-90
Dimensions
size: 16cm x 11cm
accession number
2008.40.6.785
Collection Group
Place of creation
Leicester
Medium