cabinet photograph
Summary
3/4 length portrait of a woman leaning over a wooden bannister wearing mourning dress. Plain interior backdrop with a carved wooden plant stand and plant to the left. She has centre parted hair worn in a chignon and she is wearing a black silk and crape dress with full length fitted sleeves, deep crape cuffs, a high round neck with white standing collar and black brooch and several strings of black beads round her neck. Her dress fastens centre front with 3 rows of black round buttons. Her dress is trimmed either side at the centre front with panels of crape through to the skirt hem.
Object Name
cabinet photograph
Creators Name
Date Created
1880-1890
Dimensions
size: 16cm x 11cm
accession number
2008.40.6.867
Collection Group
Place of creation
England
Medium
