Carte de Visite Pregnant
Friday, May 25, 2007
Very pregnant lady in a checkered dress. This may not have been the most appropriate time for her to have her “shadow caught”, but maybe her husband was away at war and she wanted to share her condition.
Very pregnant lady in a checkered dress. This may not have been the most appropriate time for her to have her “shadow caught”, but maybe her husband was away at war and she wanted to share her condition.
Is the child alive? 19th century images were often of the dead, it was perhaps the only photo they had taken. Was the limp arm posed? Is the basket bassinet a prop on the table? Are the clothes too neatly displayed? When might this have been taken? Click the image for more detail. Then comment, please. Click on the image.