Studio portrait of a magnificently dressed lady with bottle curls. Melbourne, 1862-3.

A$175 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 98 x 64 mm; verso with imprint of Batchelder O Neill, 57 Collins Street East, Melbourne ; a beautiful print with rich tonal range, in fine condition; the mount also pristine. Provenance: From a family album belonging to Scottish immigrants Alexander and Annabella Sloane of Mulwala and Savernake Stations, southern New South Wales; thence by descent.

• Binding: Hardcover

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