Mrs De Burgh

For the final day of History Week 2012, here is another photograph of a fashionably dessed woman, Mrs De Burgh. The photograph is from an unattributed studio. It has been taken in front of a painted backdrop depicting palms, while the subject rests her arms on a bowl of foliage placed on a pedestal, giving the overall impression that Mrs De Burgh is standing in a garden. Bringing the outdoors into the studio by way of painted backdrops was a common practice at the time this photograph was created.

Post by Kathy Hackett, Photo Librarian

Photography by unattributed studio, Tyrrell Collection 66/70

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Tags: studio photography, women

The Powerhouse Museum's Photo of the Day blog features a new image each day, chosen from the Powerhouse Photo Library.

The majority of these images have been taken by Museum photographers for a variety of purposes such as for exhibitions, of objects in our collection, events, behind-the-scenes and location shots. We also feature many images taken by our Flickr community and from our visitors. We hope you enjoy the photographs and stories.

The licensing of each image varies however we are trying to release as many as possible under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.1 license.