cabinet photograph

H Wheeler

Summary

3/4 length portrait of a young woman seated against a painted studio backdrop of a woodland scene. She has centre parted hair worn in a chignon and she is wearing a black silk princess polonaise dress, in mourning, with a fitted bodice, centre front buttons and full length fitted sleeves with pleated silk cuffs. She has a standing collar with a white under collar and round silver brooch. She has a black silk necktie and she is wearing a silver chatelaine at her waist. She wears a pleated skirt and holds a black opened fan. See black mourning dress in the collections (1951.98) for similar trimming.