Portrait of a woman and young girl.
Category
Photographs
Date
1840 - 1870
Materials
Glass, Card, Wood, Metal
Measurements
144 x 104 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521221
Summary
Monochrome ambrotype portrait of a woman and young girl, in an arched gilt and white card mount within a gilt frame. The image depicts a full length portrait of a Victorian woman; her left arm is resting on a table which is draped in a patterned cloth and has an urn of foliage upon it. Her right arm is around the shoulders of a young girl, standing next to her. The rear of the framed image is rough wood held in place by nails.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986.