Antique CDV Wm Smith Elderly Woman Lace Bonnet Collar Leeds UK Portrait

Antique CDV Wm Smith Elderly Woman Lace Bonnet Collar Leeds UK Portrait

This antique CDV features a dignified elderly woman captured in a formal Victorian-era portrait. She is posed with grace, wearing a delicate lace bonnet and a high-necked collar that reflect the modest fashion standards of the period.

The photograph originates from the studio of Wm Smith in Leeds, UK, providing a tangible link to 19th-century British photography. Collectors of social history will appreciate this fine example of a local portrait, which preserves the stoic character and attire of a resident from the Leeds area.

This portrait remains a poignant study of an elderly woman in her lace bonnet.