Portrait of a lady
Photography
Inventory number
2020.8.28.8.PH.VI.C1868.DE
Author:
Loescher & Petsch (German, 1863 - 1908)
Description
Three quarter photograph of a woman wearing a day dress with fringe tassels, and a chatelaine chain attached to her bodice. Her neck is adorned with a brooch, consisting of round pearls, forming stylized flower shape, and she wears a pair of pendant earrings.
This photograph is typically a "carte de visite" format, format invented by André Adolphe Eugène DISDERI in 1854.
Materials
Analog photography
Cardboard
Origin
circa 1868
Berlin, Germany
Dimensions
Length : 6 cm
Height : 9 cm