cabinet photograph

John Thompson

Summary

Full length group portrait of a man, woman, 3 girls and a boy. Family portrait.The man is well groomed with neat wavy hair and a full beard and moustache. He is wearing a buttoned up double breasted frock coat with a turned down collar and necktie. The boy beside him is wearing a buttoned up suit coat with a turned down collar and necktie. The woman is seated on a chaise longue, she has centre parted hair worn in a chignon and she is wearing a dress with a fitted bodice, long narrow sleeves and a gathered over skirt. Her bodice fastens centre front with buttons and has a decorative striped panel down the centre front, sleeve cuffs and as a waist band. Her bodice is pleated both sides of the centre front with a high standing collar and a brooch. The girl behind her is seated on the back of the chaise longue, she has long hair half tied back and she is wearing a long dress with a wide sash around the waist, a high neck and long loose sleeves. The 2 girls are seated either side of the woman, they are wearing the same long dress with long loose sleeves and smocking arond the neckline and cuffs. Both dresses are worn with a wide sash around the waist and are pleated above the hem. Interior backdrop with leaf patterned wall paper and a framed painting.