cabinet photograph

W S Knight

Summary

Full length group portrait of a man, 2 women and a small girl. The 2 woman both wear their hair loosely tied back in a chignon and are wearing similiar party frocks with a long fitted bodice, boned with a decorative centre front panel matching the sleeves and buttons down the centre front. The sleeves are long and narrow with kick up pleats at the shoulder. Both dresses have a high standing collar and a bell shaped skirt. The woman on the left is holding a bonnet embellished with flowers and the woman on the right is holding an umbrella. The man is in the centre, he has side parted hair, side whiskers and a moustache. He is wearing a coat with a turn down collar and a made up cravat fastened with a pin. He is leaning forward on a posing stand and the girl is in front standing on a box. The girl wears her hair tied back with a bow, she is wearing a knee length dress with a high neck, 3/4 length puffed sleeves and there are rows of small pleats above the hem. She is holding a white bonnet. Plain studio backdrop.