cabinet photograph

Summary

Full length outdoor portrait of a woman leaning against a stand with a silk cloth and a book. Outdoor scene with a doorway in the background. She has centre parted hair worn in a chignon and she is waering a white cotton cap with a frill trim. She is wearing a dark silk dress with a fitted bodice with centre front buttons, a high round neck with white standing collar and full length narrow sleeves with white cuffs. Her skirt is embellished with beadwork below her waist and has a train. She wears a round silver brooch at her neck.