[Agnes Stephen, ca. 1860 - photographic portrait]

MIN 204
MIN 205

series

ca. 1860 (dated from costume)

Graphic Materials, Photographs

433245

Photographs - two 1/6 plate ambrotypes, hand-coloured, in pinchbeck frame with glass front stored inside red velvet-lined Eickmeyer case with gold painted trim along outside edges, hinged lid, and gilded brass clasp for closing mechanism - 9.1 x 6.5 image (sight); 11.8 x 9.7 x 1.4 cm. (closed case)

The girl in this portrait sits beside a dressing table with a mirror and wears a white muslin dress with a ribbon sash at round shaped waistline, and pin-tucks in the skirt.

Previously believed to be Eleanor Stephen who died in 1861, the girl in this portrait is about twelve years old and is therefore more likely to be Agnes Victoria, a younger sister of Eleanor. This is confirmed by comparision with portraits of Anges Victoria Stephen in the Stephen family collection (located at PXA 1024 and PXA 1025).
The ambrotypes show the subject of the portrait in slightly changed poses.