Studio portrait of a magnificently dressed lady with bottle curls. Melbourne, 1862-3.

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 98 x 64 mm; verso with imprint of ‘Batchelder & O’Neill, 57 Collins Street East, Melbourne’; a beautiful print with rich tonal range, in fine condition; the mount also pristine.

Provenance: From a family album belonging to Scottish immigrants Alexander and Annabella Sloane of Mulwala and Savernake Stations, southern New South Wales; thence by descent.