Nelly and Jane Bainbridge

c. 1855

British 19th Century

Associated Names
British 19th Century

Artist

Two women are seated at a table. One woman on the left is in profile, holding a hat with feathers in her lap. The other woman on the right is also in profile, with her hands resting on a box in front of her. Both women have long, dark hair and serious expressions. They are dressed in dark, heavy fabric dresses typical of the period. The setting is indoors, with a plain curtain backdrop and simple wooden chairs. The floor is wooden, and the scene has a formal, Victorian-era atmosphere.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.3 × 19.9 cm (7 3/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 43.1 × 30.7 cm (16 15/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.145.16

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Serge Kakou, Paris); (Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York), 1996; NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: Nelly + Jane Bainbridge; lower right in graphite: L1061; bottom right in graphite: g; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: 5N

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