[Portrait of a Young Girl Reading]

Oscar Gustave Rejlander (1813-1875)

c.1860

Albumen silver print; object No. 84.XP.219.15

19.1 × 13.8 cm (7 1/2 × 5 7/16 in.)

Source: the J. Paul Getty Museum (Open Content program)

Images such as these delighted Lewis Carroll when he visited Rejlander's studio, and undoubtedly influenced his own work.

Image and caption material downloaded by Jacqueline Banerjee, who also added the comment. [Click on the image to enlarge it, and mouse over the text for links.]