Eastman Kodak Company

circa 1895 – circa 1905

19th Century

New York, Rochester

Description

Outdoor portrait of a woman seated on a wooden porch with a small dog, early photographic print mounted on Eastman Kodak Company board, c. 1898–1905. The sitter wears a dark dress with a feathered or fur-trimmed collar and an elaborate hat adorned with feathers, consistent with late-Victorian to early Edwardian fashion. The domestic porch setting, visible picket fence, and companion animal suggest a middle-class home environment rather than a studio setting. The verso bears the printed mark “Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N.Y.”, indicating commercially manufactured photographic mounting stock. The photograph shows age-appropriate wear, including surface fading, foxing, and edge wear, consistent with turn-of-the-century photographic materials.