Portrait of a Woman

c. 1860

British 19th Century

Associated Names
The image shows a woman seated with her upper body visible. She is posed with her elbow resting on a table draped with a patterned cloth, her hand touching her face, and adorned with jewelry on her fingers. Her facial features are distinct, with a broad forehead and soft expression, accentuated by her hair parted in the middle and styled smoothly to frame her face. She is dressed in a dark gown with a high neckline, white lace collar, cuffs of matching lace, and a long chain necklace. The background is plain, and the image is presented in an oval frame with a gold-colored border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    ambrotype with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 7 × 5.8 cm (2 3/4 × 2 5/16 in.)
    mat: 8.2 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
    case: 9.3 × 8.2 × 1.1 cm (3 11/16 × 3 1/4 × 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.1.16


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ashworth Family, England; (sale, England, 2017); (Jason Wright, Huddersfield, England); NGA purchase, 2019.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on bottom edge of case, by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite on applied label: PD372


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