cabinet photograph

Summary

3/4 length vignette portrait of a woman standing in a room beside a small round table with a plant pot and plant on top. Painted studio backdrop of an interior wall and window. She has centre parted hair worn in a plaited chignon and she is wearing a black silk dress with full leg of mutton sleeves, a fitted bodice with a ruched and pleated front and a standing collar with a black crepe bow at the back. Her bodice front is trimmed with a panel of black crepe and she wears a plain skirt with a slight train. Possibly mourning dress. Written on reverse in pen ' Mary Fairclough / ship????? and wife.'