cabinet photograph

Summary

1/2 length studio portrait of woman leaning on a velvet chair against a plain background. Slight vignette. Subject is wearing a black dress with large leg of mutton sleeves, silk panels down the centre of the bodice, and a ruffled collar. The sleeve cuffs and sections of the shoulders are trimmed in beading and tight ruffles. Plain black skirt with triangular cut outs in lower section, also trimmed in beading. Also wearing a white ruffled bonnet with black bow, holding small paper note, and wearing a pair of reading glasses.