carte-de-visite photograph

G T Millichap

Summary

Full length hand-coloured studio portrait of a woman set against a trompe l'oeil outdoor park scene. There is a low lying stone balustrade and some steps on the left hand side of the scene with a tree in the background. The woman's hair is arranged in a centre parting and she is wearing a dark coloured bonnet trimmed with white lace and a red ribbon. It is tied in a bow under her chin with a black ribbon trimmed with red. She is holding a parasol on her shoulder with her right hand and her left hand is in her pocket. She is wearing a dark coloured and embroidered paletot with a large white collar over a dark coloured silk dress with a full skirt decorated with a central row of rosettes and a split overskirt with a ruffled and pleated hem.