cabinet photograph

T Roger

Summary

Full length studio portrait of a woman and a boy. Family portrait. The woman is seated on a velvet upholstered chair, she has centre parted hair worn in a chignon and she is wearing a lace cap. She is wearing a dress with a fitted bodice and long narrow sleeves. Her bodice fastens centre front with buttons to a high round neck with a lace collar underneath. Her skirt is pleated with a gathered overskirt and she is wearing a pocketwatch. The boy is stood by her side, he has neat side parted hair and he is wearing a 3 piece suit with a turned down collar and necktie. He has a handkerchief in his top pocket and a pocketwatch. Painted studio backdrop of interior with a grand fireplace and a hanging picture. There is a tapestry draped on the right and a table with a vase of dried leaves on the left with a footstool on the floor. Fur rug on the floor.