cabinet photograph
Summary
Full length portrait of a young man, young girl and a woman. The man has short hair and he is clean shaven. He is leaning against an open window wearing a lounge suit with a turned down collar and a made up cravat fastened with a pin. He is holding a bowler hat and wears lace up leather shoe or boots. The woman is looking through the window, she has centre parted hair worn up with a bonnet decorated in silk flowers with loosely tied lace ribbons. She is wearing a silk satin bodice with piping down each side centre front and along the full length fitted sleeves. She wears a brooch in the centre of her high standing collar with a white lace frill underneath. The girl is seated in front of the window, she has long centre parted hair and she is wearing a day dress with a fitted bodice, long sleeves and a gathered overskirt. Her skirt is trimmed and decorated with pleated flounces and tassels and her bodice fastens centre front to a high standing collar. She is holding a bonnet with long ribbon ties and she is wearing buttoned up leather boots. Studio backdrop, mock wall with ivy leaves, roses a window and a log garden table to the right.
Object Name
cabinet photograph
Creators Name
Date Created
1880-1890
Dimensions
size: 16cm x 11cm
accession number
2008.40.6.1517
Collection Group
Place of creation
London
Medium