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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: PORTRAIT OF EILEEN MARY NEWMAN

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c. 1903

Overview

Sepia photograph printed on cream surround with edges cut irregularly. It is a studio photograph of Eileen Mary Newman. She is wearing a pale dress with lace detail, a sash around the waist, pearl pendant and bar brooch at the neck, gold-link bracelet, large hat with an ostrich feather and she holds what appears to be a feather boa. Handwritten on back: 'Eileen Mary Newman in her early twenties. The hat was a saxe blue straw with a beautiful ostrich feather to match. Dress was cream made by myself. Uncle George Roe gave me the hat.'

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.377

Item type

Material

Photographic Materials

Width

80 mm

Height or length

130 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Greenham and Evans, Perth W.A.

Keywords

Newman Family Collection

Year

Statement of significance

Historical - social. An example of studio portrait of a young woman showing womens costume of the period.

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-31.952405825642, 115.86110577332

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