Studio portrait of a woman in mourning dress standing beside an infant in a pram. Christchurch, New Zealand, late 1860s.

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 103 x 65 mm (mount); verso imprinted ‘E. Wheeler’s Studio, Colombo Street, Christchurch’; both the print and mount are in excellent condition.

The woman’s face is haggard and her expression is melancholic. She looks old enough to be the child’s grandmother – although she is probably its mother.