[Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn with Her Microscope]

John Dillwyn Llewelyn

ca. 1854 · Salted paper print from glass negative · Photographs

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. [label for Gilman IV]

Artist

John Dillwyn Llewelyn

Date

ca. 1854

Medium

Salted paper print from glass negative

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Robert O. Dougan Collection, Gift of Warner Communications Inc., 1981