cabinet photograph

Summary

3/4 length portrait of 2 women. Plain studio backdrop. The seated women on the left wears her hair pinned up with a decorative white lace cap and she is wearing a dark spotted silk dress with a fitted, beaded bodice with a high round neck, watered silk cente front panel and full length leg of mutton sleeves. She wears a gored skirt with a slight train and she is holding a newspaper. The woman beside her is standing next to a small round table with a dark table cloth. She wears her hair pinned back with a hair pin. She is wearing a dark silk satin spotted dress with a fitted bodice, high standing collar, pleated bodice front with bow detail and full length leg of mutton sleeves with white lace frill cuffs. She is holding an opened book. Both women are wearing a decorative silver brooch at their neck.