A young girl in a check dress.
Category
Photographs
Date
1855 - 1865
Materials
Glass, Brass, Paper
Measurements
65 x 53 x 5 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522872
Summary
Hand-tinted relievo ambrotype depicting a young girl wearing a checked dress. Her cheeks have been lightly coloured with pinkish red pigment. The one-sixth plate image is set behind a decorative oval brass mat, with a sheet of cover glass, all of which are held in a patterned narrow brass preserver frame that is crimped around the edges. Behind the image is a sheet of black paper, visible from verso. Markings: None. Deterioration: The image has deteriorated so that there is fine reticulation.
Provenance
Sophie Darlow gift.