carte-de-visite photograph
Summary
Full length studio portrait of a woman in mourning sitting beside a table. She is wearing a day dress, skirt has an embroidered pattern set at regular intervals, patterned band runs around skirt just below the knee, large lace net hem with scalloped edging, bodice has similar patterned band across the shoulders and bust, upper part of the bodice is quilted with vertical strips, patterned band also runs down the trumpet sleeves, white undersleeves, white lace collar, she has a black lace shawl over one arm. Drawing room bakdrop with drape.
Object Name
carte-de-visite photograph
Creators Name
Date Created
1864
Dimensions
image: 10.2cm x 6.4cm
accession number
2008.40.5.2987
Collection Group
Place of creation
London
Medium
