Framed 3/4 length carte-de-visite of woman standing. Frame is decorated w/ bosses and painted flowers. The woman's dark hair is held up in a bun and she has curly bangs. She wears a black lace dress w/ ruffles down the front.
portraits
photographs
albumen (egg white)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
women (female humans)
Albumen
Woman
PICTURE, PORTRAIT
Printed on back of photograph: ""W.D. Downey/ Photographers by Special Appointment/ To Her Majesty the Queen/ And To The Imperial & Royal Families of Europe/ Dieu et Mon Droit/ Studies/ 57 & 61 Ebury St./ London, S.W./ And at/ E. Eldon Square/ Newcastle on Tyne.""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Jane Ritson Armstrong
Downey, W. D. (Maker (Photographers))
London, England
9.25 x 7.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.2204
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