Antique CDV 1880s G Coles Woman in Hat Standing By Potted Plant Tondu UK

Antique CDV 1880s G Coles Woman in Hat Standing By Potted Plant Tondu UK

This antique CDV captures a poised woman wearing an elegant period hat, captured by the photographer G. Coles. She is shown standing gracefully beside a decorative potted plant, a common studio prop that adds a touch of Victorian domesticity to the composition.

The portrait was produced in Tondu during the 1880s, reflecting the formal studio aesthetics of the late nineteenth century. It serves as a striking window into regional Welsh photography and the fashion trends of the era, making it a prized find for historians of the 1880s.

A quintessential study of a woman standing by a potted plant in a G. Coles studio portrait.