Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn with Her Microscope, John Dillwyn Llewelyn, ca. 1854


Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn with Her Microscope, ca. 1854, Salted paper print from glass negative, x cm (9 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. ), Photographs, John Dillwyn Llewelyn (British, Swansea, Wales 1810–1882 Swansea, Wales), The border of Llewelyn's image is a photogram of ferns, a clever variation on the decorative borders of lace, cut paper, or ink and watercolor that embellished many nineteenth-century albums. In the central vignette we see the photographer's daughter Thereza (1834-1926), with her books, botanical specimens, and scientific apparatus


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