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Description: | 3/4 length portrait of a woman standing in front a of a painted studio backdrop of an outdoor scene with trees. She wears her hair pinned up with a wide brimmed hat with a small crown decorated with white flowers, black velvet and black net. She is wearing a striped wool dress with a light silk bodice with a pleated front and a standing collar. She wears an over bodice extending over her hips with an embroidered collar, full length loose sleeves gathered at the sleeve head and deep silk cuffs with an embroidered border. She wears a matching panelled skirt.She wears a necklace, spectacles and feather boa around her neck and she is wearing leather gloves and holding a striped silk parasol.
Written on reverse in pencil ' Elizabeth anne / Holdship (Spinster) / godmother to / Ethel frances sargeaunt / Taken in 1906.'
Material: cardboard
Material: paper | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.46421 | Go to resource |
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