Studio portrait of a lady in mourning dress holding a letter. Adelaide, c.1875.

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 101 x 62 mm; recto of mount imprinted ‘P. J. Marchant, Waymouth Street, Adelaide, Photographer’; verso blank; the print is in very good condition; the mount has some very light foxing.

The sitter, with her hand to her cheek, gazes wistfully past the camera, her thoughts obviously far away.