cabinet photograph

Summary

3/4 length portrait of a seated woman wearing evening dress. Plain backdrop with a small table to the left with a plain dark table cloth and a drape behind. The woman has wavy hair worn in a chignon with a feather hair pin. She is wearing a black lace and silk dress with a fitted bodice with bead work down the centre front and a scooped neckline with fine black net. She has short sleeves with beaded trim and an arrangement of flower heads on the left side of her bodice. Her skirt is made up of silk with bands of fine lace over a cream backing and she wears a fur draped round her arm. She is wearing 2 bracelets and she is holding a black fan with white hand painted flowers and black fur trim. Written on reverse in pencil ' Lower middle or upper working class scots.' Same sitter as 902