Two women with a baby and a young girl.
Category
Photographs
Date
1885
Materials
Iron, Card, Paper
Measurements
120 x 78 x 1 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522869
Summary
Tintype monochrome image depicting two women seated outdoors, one with a baby on her knee and the other with a young girl. The image is in a cream card frame decorated with a gold design and this has a mauve paper backing, and a open side into which the plate is inserted. The image surface is varnished for protection. Markings: Verso - handwritten on the back of the frame, in blue ballpoint pen: "Dorothy & Marjorie Northover, c. 1885". (The same people also appear in Inventory Nos: 1522867 and 1522868.) Damage - there is a small tear in the mauve paper backing on the card frame.
Provenance
Sophie Darlow gift.