Portrait of Missis WATRIGANT
Photography
Inventory number
2020.8.25.10.PH.VI.1860.BE
Author:
Ghémar frères (Belgian, 1859 - 1894)
Description
Full-length photograph of a woman posing up, leaning on a tuffed chair. She is wearing a crinoline dress, probably in silk and velvet, with Le Puy lace (hand weaving on bobbins) trimming, and white collar.
This photograph is typically a "carte de visite" format, format invented by André Adolphe Eugène DISDERI in 1854.
Material
Analog photography
Origin
1860
Brussels, Belgium
Dimensions
Length : 6.5 cm
Height : 9.5 cm