cabinet photograph
Summary
Head and shoulders vignette portrait of an old woman wearing mourning dress. She has centre parted hair pinned up under a fine lace cap tied under her chin. She is wearing a black silk and crape dress with a fitted bodice with centre front buttons, a standing collar with white frill collar and full length fitted sleeves with deep crape cuffs. She wears a pocketwatch and fingerless lace gloves and a fine black lace shawl around her shoulders.
Object Name
cabinet photograph
Creators Name
Date Created
1880-1890
Dimensions
size: 16cm x 11cm
accession number
2008.40.6.864
Collection Group
Place of creation
Oswestry
Medium
