cabinet photograph

Mrs Williams

Summary

3/4 length portrait of a seated woman wearing mourning dress. Plain interior backdrop. The woman is seated on a large velvet upholstered chair beside a small round table with tassled trim and a book. She wears her hair in ringlets around her ears and she is wearing a white cap and a deep high standing collar with a brooch. She is wearing a black silk and crape fitted bodice extending over her hips with centre front buttons and a long black beaded necklace. She has full length fitted silk sleeves with deep crape cuffs with white frill cuffs and her skirt is mostly made up of crape.