Eye of the Beholder : Images of People with Vision Loss in the Nineteenth Century
Object ID:
2001.217
Title:
Carte de visite, Blind girl wearing dark eyeglasses
Photographer:
T. Price & Son, photographers
Place:
St. Heliers, Jersey
Date:
1890s?
Description:
A sepia-toned photo of a blind girl is mounted on card stock. She is standing in front of an ornately carved wooden table. She is wearing dark eyeglasses. Her tailored suit has puffed sleeves that narrow from mid-arm to wrist. A high lace collar with long points drapes over the pleated jacket. "T. Price & Son Jersey" is printed in gold letters along the front bottom edge. On the back of the card is a double-line border, a decorative illustration, and "Copies may always be had. Photographers T. Price & Son. 2 & 4 Peter St. St. Heliers Jersey. This photograph can be enlarged to any size & finished in monochrome, water colours or oils."
Medium:
Card stock, paper
Print Size:
4 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.
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