cabinet photograph

Summary

Full length studio portrait of a middle aged man surrounded by 4 girls and a boy. Family portrait. The man is seated with a young girl on his knee. He has receding hair and a full beard and moustache. He is wearing a formal suit with a standing collar and a cravat. All the girls have short frizzed fringes and their hair worn in a chignon. The 2 younger girls are wearing matching dresses with long fitted doublebreasted bodices over fine pleated, narrow skirts and black stockings with leather shoes with ankle straps. The 2 older girls are stood either side of the man wearing identical dresses with doublebreasted fitted long bodices, narrow long sleeves and high frilled collars with neckties tied in a bow. The boy is stood to the right and he is wearing a formal suit with a short suit jacket and a pocketwatch. He has a winged collar with a necktie and a pin, he is wearing black leather shoes. There is a padded velvet footstool in the foreground and a low velvet upholstered chair to the left and a wooden table to the right with twisted legs. Also see 2008.40.6.1481 for the same subject with a different pose.