Studio portrait of a lady in mourning dress holding a letter. Adelaide, c.1875.

A$50 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 101 x 62 mm; recto of mount imprinted P. J. Marchant, Waymouth Street, Adelaide, Photographer ; verso blank; the print is in very good condition; the mount has some very light foxing. The sitter, with her hand to her cheek, gazes wistfully past the camera, her thoughts obviously far away.

• Binding: Hardcover

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