Antique CDV 1860s T & J Holroyd Seated Elderly Woman Harrogate Yorkshire

Antique CDV 1860s T & J Holroyd Seated Elderly Woman Harrogate Yorkshire

This antique CDV captures the dignified portrait of an elderly woman, captured in the mid-1860s by the photography studio of T & J Holroyd. The subject is shown in a formal seated pose, reflecting the quiet, stoic aesthetic common to Victorian portraiture in Yorkshire.

The image serves as a window into the 1860s social landscape of Harrogate. Collectors of regional British history will appreciate the specific provenance of the Holroyd studio, which documented the local residents of the era with remarkable clarity.

This piece remains a poignant study of a seated elderly woman from the heart of Yorkshire.