Seated old lady with lace and ribbon cap, possibly in mourning clothing, holding leather gloves. She is seated resting her left elbow on a round backed chair with patterned velvet upholstery. Both hands are in her lap. There is a fluted column on a base and wooden table to her right. She wears a silk jacket over her buttoned down dress and has a long robe around her shoulders. She has a wide white collar. There is a plain backdrop. Hand coloured.
There is the impression of the edges of another rectangular paper label that may be adhered under the backing paper or this impression maybe the plate mark for the etched backing paper label as it has rounded corners.
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Seated old lady with lace and ribbon cap, possibly in mourning clothing, holding leather gloves. She is seated resting her left elbow on a round backed chair with patterned velvet upholstery. Both hands are in her lap. There is a fluted column on a base and wooden table to her right. She wears a silk jacket over her buttoned down dress and has a long robe around her shoulders. She has a wide white collar. There is a plain backdrop. Hand coloured.
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Written in pencil on the lower left corner of the black paper mat are the initials T.R.W. Printed in black in on the verso backingis : MR T.R. Williams Photographic Artist 236 REGENT STREET Opposite Hanover street PORTRAITS TAKEN DAILY
Zu einem der wichtigsten englischen Protagonisten der Stereofotografie in den fünfziger und sechziger Jahren des 19. Jahrhunderts entwickelte sich T. R. Williams, der zunächst nur in der „zweiten Reihe“ tätig war: Er soll schon früh als Operateur bei Claudet und bei Beard in London gearbeitet haben. Seine exzellenten Kenntnisse auf dem Gebiet der Stereodaguerreotypie brachte Williams zu Beginn der 1850er Jahre enormen Erfolg ein. Legendär sind seine Stereoskopen mit Ansichten aus dem Kristallpalast, aber auch die stillebenhaften, mitunter allegorisch gemeinten Kompositionen. (J.V.)
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