Portrait of a lady in pink
Photography
Inventory number
2022.4.6.9.PH.FA.C1902.US
Description
Paper photograph, enhanced with watercolour, depicting a young woman, standing in a photographer's studio, leaning on a rattan chair, and wearing a summer gown in fluid fabric with light striped pattern on the skirt. A wide ruffle crosses the knee level, with golden border, a zigzag ornament goes under this ruffle, and the skirt ends with two more horizontal ruffles on the bottom. The bodice is made of fine lace, with pink vertical ribbons, and the sleeves are long and loose on the bottoms. A hat, embroidered with sequins and decorated with ostrich feathers, completes the look.
Materials
Analog photography
Paper
Origin
circa 1902
United States
Dimensions
Length : 19.5 cm
Height : 24.5 cm