Studio portrait of a woman in mourning dress standing beside an infant in a pram. Christchurch, New Zealand, late 1860s.

A$60 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 103 x 65 mm (mount); verso imprinted E. Wheeler s Studio, Colombo Street, Christchurch ; both the print and mount are in excellent condition. The woman s face is haggard and her expression is melancholic. She looks old enough to be the child s grandmother although she is probably its mother.

• Binding: Hardcover

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