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Description: | 3/4 length vignette portrait of a woman standing against a plain white studio backdrop. She has centre parted frizzed hair worn in a chignon and she is wearing a black silk and crepe dress witth a fitted bodice, a very high standing satin collar with a bow at the back and full leg of mutton crepe sleeves. The top half of her bodice is made up of ruched crepe with black bead work and black satin bow trim with a long fringe of beaded tassles falling to her waist. She wears a small silver cross at her waist and a pin at her neck. Worn with a plain silk skirt. Possibly mourning dress.
Technique: vignette
Material: cardboard
Material: paper | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.46206 | Go to resource |
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