cabinet photograph

George Houghton and Son



cabinet photograph

George Houghton and Son

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

George Houghton and Son

Date Created

1890

Dimensions

size: 16cm x 11cm

accession number

2008.40.6.2307

Place of creation

England

Medium


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