Photographic portrait of a mother and her young daughter. Adelaide, 1863-65.

A$35 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 104 x 63 mm (mount), verso imprinted Photographed by Anson Francis, Adelaide Photographic Institution, 97 Rundle Street ; some scattered light foxing to the print and mount. Davies Stanbury ( The Mechanical Eye ) list Anson Francis at their 97 Rundle Street address between 1863 and 1868. This rather solemn and intense portrait of a woman possibly a German immigrant and her daughter most likely dates to the earlier part of this period.

• Binding: Hardcover

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