Young woman

Old woman

William Ralston

Albumen print, late 1850s.

3¾ x 2½ inches

Simon Cooke Collection

A rather stilted but entirely characteristic photograph of the sort produced by Ralston’s studio.

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Scanned image and text by Simon Cooke.

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