cabinet photograph

H S Mendelssohn

Summary

Full length group portrait of 2 girls and a boy. The girls are wearing wool dresses with a piped detail down the centre front and hem with brass buttons front fastening to a high round neck. They have full length sleeves with white cuffs and large white bows tied round their necks. The boys is seated on a wooden chair at a table, he is reading a book and wearing a 3 piece wool suit with a doublebreasted coat. Painted screen in background with leaf design. See 2008.40.6.1723 for the same image with subject in a different pose. Written on the reverse in ink "Isabell Mary Aldis 1880 / oct-16 / Morton Aldis / Amy Aldis"