cabinet photograph

Summary

Full length group portrait of a middle aged woman, an old woman and a young woman and 2 small boys. Dark studio backdrop with a covered table to the right with a book.The middle aged woman is seated with the 2 boys beside her. She wears her hair in a chignon with a small white lace bonnet with a black velvet ribbon. She is wearing a dark wool dress with full length fitted sleeves and a standing collar. The child on her knee is wearing a knee length pleated corduroy dress with full length sleeves and a round lace collar. Worn with black stockings and lace up leather ankle boots. The other child is wearing a light wool coat with a turned down collar, full length sleeves and a belted waist. Worn with matching knee length trousers. The old woman is wearing a white lace and black velvet bonnet with a neck veil. She is wearing a dark velvet and satin dress with a high neck, white frill collar, full length sleeves with cuffs with fur trim and a string of black beads. The young woman is standing in the background looking down, she wears her hair in a chignon and she is wearing a striped silk bodice with a belt, standing collar and full length fitted sleeves. Worn with a gathered dark wool skirt.