Half length portrait of a couple sitting side by side and facing forward.. The man sits on the right and has sideburns and a half beard or chin beard. He wears a light jacket and trousers, and a black tie tied into a bow at his neck. The wife has ringlets and a flower trimmed bonnet and she wears a check dress with lace jabot pinned to her collar, and lace cuffs. She holds a book in her lap. Hand coloured.
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couple; man; bow tie; woman; ringlet; dress; jabot; cuffs; bonnet; flower; book; hand coloured; centre parting; jacket; waistcoat; beard
Lower half only of case, breaking apart and glass loose within it. Fragile. The Museum's record states that the case (Mixed Garden Flower, variant) is circa 1851.
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Half length portrait of a couple sitting side by side and facing forward.. The man sits on the right and has sideburns and a half beard or chin beard. He wears a light jacket and trousers, and a black tie tied into a bow at his neck. The wife has ringlets and a flower trimmed bonnet and she wears a check dress with lace jabot pinned to her collar, and lace cuffs. She holds a book in her lap. Hand coloured.
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