Portrait of an unidentified woman
Maker
Swan, George Henry
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
A full length carte de visite portrait of an unidentified woman.
The woman is turned to her right in front of a painted landscape backdrop, wooden baluster and balustrade. The woman wears a voluminous dark dress with a large pale sleeves. She holds a hat decorated with pale flowers. The woman's hair is in a net and dressed with a ribbon. Her head is turned back slightly toward the camera yet her gaze does not meet the camera.
The woman is possibly a friend or member of the Russell Duncan family.
Photographer, George H Swan.
Date, unknown.
The woman is turned to her right in front of a painted landscape backdrop, wooden baluster and balustrade. The woman wears a voluminous dark dress with a large pale sleeves. She holds a hat decorated with pale flowers. The woman's hair is in a net and dressed with a ribbon. Her head is turned back slightly toward the camera yet her gaze does not meet the camera.
The woman is possibly a friend or member of the Russell Duncan family.
Photographer, George H Swan.
Date, unknown.
Collection
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph glued to card, mounted in an album.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 98 x 62mm
Signature/Inscription
G H Swan, Wellington, New Zealand, Printed, Printed
Classification terms
Subject period
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 15890
Credit Line
gifted by Jasper Herrick
Other number(s)
m96/6 - 1, 15890, Album 1, 80152
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