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Description: | 3/4 length group portrait of 3 women and a girl. Wedding portrait. All the women wear their hair centre parted and brushed over pads at the sides into plaited chignons and they all wear ribbons round their head. The woman on the left is standing, she is wearing a silk dress with a very full flared skirt and train, she wears a fitted bodice extending over the hips and gathered in at the waist. Her bodice fastens centre front with buttons and has short frilled sleeves over long loose sleeves. All the other women wear similiar dresses except without apparant waist seams. The seated woman and the woman beside her wear a cameo brooch. The young girl wears a bow in her hair and ringlets, she wears a bishop sleeved dress and she is seated. Plain backdrop with a fireplace to the left.
Written on the reverse in crayon "bridesmaids"
Material: cardboard
Material: paper | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.46824 | Go to resource |
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