cabinet photograph
Summary
Full length vignette portrait of a woman with a small girl. Mother and daughter. Plain studio backdrop. The woman wears her hair in a chignon with a wavy fringe, she is wearing a dress with a fitted bodice, standing collar and full length narrow sleeves with an embroidered braid cuff. The girl has short hair and a fringe, she is wearing a knee length cotton dress with full length sleeves and a scalloped hem. She has a tartan silk sash tied round her waist and wears black stockings. The girl is holding a porcelain doll and she is seated on a sheepskin rug. Written on the reverse in pencil "Mrs Louis Parkes / & Child Joan / aged 3 years 1890"
Object Name
cabinet photograph
Creators Name
Date Created
1890
Dimensions
size: 16cm x 11cm
accession number
2008.40.6.2307
Collection Group
Place of creation
England
Medium