Impressed design on front of case depicts in the centre a swan on a grassy mound with greater reed mace behind.

Very early portrait from the earliest Richard Beard studio. This was taken in the month following the opening of the studio. Taken with Wolcott's reflecting camera (this used a curved mirror to focus the image rather than a lens). The mounting and frame are very much more elaborate than later photographs from Beard's studio. See also PBM.F.00030

Portrait, three quarter length, of a seated woman with a baby in her lap and one hand around its waist. She wears a dark dress and a bonnet and has straight hair in a middle parting in front of it. She is seen in three quarters profile and the baby looks straight ahead. It is wearing a light coloured dress and coat. There is a table that has some objects on it on the right, and part of a chair back visible on the left..

Half length portrait of a woman, seated with her hands together resting on her lap, looking to her right. She wears a dark dress with a white lace collar and cuffs, and decorative ribbons crossed at the front.

two part case which has separated into two halves.