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Description: | Carte de visite portrait of a woman, 3/4 seated leaning on an upholstered chair arm with a book in her lap; she is in a very fancy dress of at least 2 materials and a lace trim; there is an under dress of dark material with a small print trimmed with flounces; the over dress or pelisse robe is a plain dark material just fastened at the waist; it has wide pagoda sleeves lined with white lace; the overdress has a dark lace edging; deep white V collar reaching almost to the waist showing the underdress; hair with centre parting then brushed back, perhaps into a chignon; small lace cap on the back of her head | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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