Portrait of a lady knitting
Photography
Inventory number
2020.8.28.4.PH.VI.C1860.FRAuthor:
Eugène DISDÉRI (French, 1819 – 1889)Description
Photograph of a middle aged woman represented in a photographer's studio sitting in a chair in front of an accent table with a small puff on the floor with a knit basket. She is wearing a dark crinoline gown with wide sleeves, and an updo hairstyle with two buns on the sides.This photograph is typically a "carte de visite" format, format invented by André Adolphe Eugène DISDERI in 1854.
Materials
Analog photographyCardboard
Origin
circa 1860 FranceDimensions
Length : 6 cmHeight : 10.5 cm