Artwork : ArchiveNo00088

Photograph 1880s

ContributionForm
Contributor Name	Eva Sonnen
Contributor Image	No_00088-9_Eva_Sonnen.jpg
Profession
Location	Fratton
Collection Date	22.02.08 9.55am
Artefact Name	Photograph
Artefact Description	Good condition, but image starting to fade. Sepia coloured. Made of card.
Artefact Date	1880s
Artefact Stored	In a carrier bag in front room
Artefact Form
Artefact Image	Evas_grandmother.jpg
Sample Taken	Tiny sample of paper from the corner of the back of picture
Sample Image
History of Artefact	Photograph of Eva’s grandmother. Taken at ‘G. West and Sons, Artists and Photographers’. 'The dress is Victorian. She is in her formal visiting costume. It will have been taken in a photographic studio. It became very popular to have photographs taken like this at this time. ' Historian
Historian	Catherine Smith
Previous Owners	Eva’s mother
Special Memories	‘I don’t remember my grandmother. It makes me think of my mother who I was very close to. I have been living in my house since I was nine years old.’
Artwork Image	Resize_Wizard-1_00088.jpg

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jpg	Evas_grandmother.jpg	manage	136.7 K
jpg	No_00088-9_Eva_Sonnen.jpg	manage	36.5 K
jpg	Resize_Wizard-1_00088.jpg	manage	249.7 K