Victorian Woman
Photograph
Portrait of a woman
RE-PH-2026-0020
Cabinet Card
Woman
Pennsylvania
Women
Photo
1900’s
1890’s
Victorian
Late Victorian
Brooch Jewelry
A.S. Schrekengost
circa 1895 – circa 1900
20th Century
Unknown
Handwritten text at the lower edge of the photograph reads “Christmas Joy,” suggesting the image was either gifted or commemorative in nature, possibly produced as a seasonal novelty.
Description
Studio portrait of a young woman presented as a mounted “photo-within-a-photo” composition, likely intended as a keepsake or holiday presentation. The central photographic print is affixed at a slight angle onto a dark cabinet card mount, with decorative pinked edges visible along the photograph’s border. The sitter wears a high-collared dark dress with modest puffed shoulders and a narrow choker-style necklace fastened with a rectangular bar clasp. Her hair is styled in a voluminous upswept pompadour, consistent with late-1890s fashion.