Portrait of a lady at the table
Photography
Inventory number
2022.4.27.16.PH.VI.C1870.DEDescription
Oval paper photograph on a cardboard base, representing a portrait of a young woman sitting on a carved wooden chair at the table, covered with thick patterned cloth and a small book on it. The lady is wearing a long sleeved crinoline gown, decorated on the cuffs and shoulders with fine trimmings of pleated ruffles. The woman is wearing multiple jewels, such as long chains with a round pocket watch and a medallion, a metal bracelet with openwork relief knot decoration in the center, dark enameled ring with a monogram "R E" on the right hand, an oval brooch on the collar, and a pair of fashionable Etruscan style round earrings with pendants.Materials
Analog photographyCardboard
Origin
circa 1870 GermanyDimensions
Length : 19.5 cmHeight : 23.5 cm