cabinet photograph

Bourne & Shepherd

Summary

3/4 length studio portrait of a young woman with a small child. Vignette. The woman is seated with the small child on her lap. She has wavy hair tied back in a chignon, she is wearing a formal day dress with a fitted bodice with a high standing neck and a white blouse underneath with a high neck. Her bodice has long fitted sleeves with white cuffs revealed underneath. The small child is wearing a white cotton dress with smocking across the front and on the cuffs, the dress has a wide sash around the waist tied into a bow at the back and the child is wearing white ankle socks.The woman is seated on a velvet upholstered chair with long fringes along the curved backrest. Painted interior backdrop.