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Mother and Daughter in Mourning, English Albumen Carte de Visite, Circa 1872

"H. T. Reed & Co., Photographers, 16 Tottenham Court Road, London."

 

Both women wear some amazing jet, gutta percha, or pressed horn jewelry. The teenager is dressed in the latest fashions and her hair is intricately styled in the style du jour, while the cut of the 's gown is, by this date, a little fashion retro.

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Uploaded on April 11, 2013
Taken on April 11, 2013