cabinet photograph
Summary
3/4 length portrait of a seated old woman wearing mourning dress. The woman is seated on a velvet upholstered chair against a plain backdrop with a carved wooden and gold table to the left with a book on top. She wears her hair back in a chignon with a white widows cap with a neck veil. She is wearing a black wool and crape polonaise dress withn centre front covered buttons, a standing frill collar, fitted bodice and full length fitted sleeves with deep crape cuffs. Her dress is trimmed with a panel of crape from the neck to the skirt hem and she wears a large round silver brooch at her neck.
Object Name
cabinet photograph
Creators Name
Date Created
1880-1890
Dimensions
size: 16cm x 11cm
accession number
2008.40.6.866
Collection Group
Place of creation
Dublin
Medium