cabinet photograph
Summary
Full length studio portrait of a seated woman and a young boy. The woman wears her hair tied back in a chignon, she is wearing a black fur outdoor hat and a fur tippet over a black dress with a fitted bodice and long fitted sleeves. Her sleeve cuffs are trimmed with velvet and her skirt is draped with a velvet bow trim and 2 rows of narrow, pleated flounces above the hem.The young boy beside her is wearing a dark sailor type suit with long trousers and lace up leather shoes. Painted studio backdrop of the sea. The woman is seated on drift wood with sand and pebbles on the ground. Corner of a boater hat to the right. Possibly a mourning photograph.
Object Name
cabinet photograph
Creators Name
Date Created
1880
Dimensions
size: 16cm x 11cm
accession number
2008.40.6.1513
Collection Group
Place of creation
Oxford
Medium
