ca. 1880
GUSN-12633
Black and white photo of the profile of a young woman from the neck up, her hair in a net. under glass in a gilt mat and orange velvet frame with gilt beaded inner edge and fleur-de-lis-like exterior edge. The back has a easel as well as a hanging apparatus.
portraits
photographs
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
gesso
gilding
glass (material)
paper (fiber product)
photographs
velvet (fabric weave)
wood (plant material)
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
fleur-de-lis (motifs)
portraits
Victorian
figure- and animal-derived motifs
women (female humans)
Unidentified Paper
Unidentified Photograph
Gesso
Glass
Velvet
Gilded
Victorian
Woman
Portrait
Fleur-de-Lis
Beaded
PICTURE, PORTRAIT
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
12.75 x 11.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1748
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