The eye enters on the sunlit patch on the floor and rises to an elderly woman knitting in profile at the right, needles in her hands, in a patterned dress. To the left, a decorated hanging oil lamp hangs over a round cloth-covered table set with a vase of flowers, a spindle-backed chair beside it. A tall dark cupboard stands at the centre, a chest at its foot, and lace-curtained windows with potted plants close both sides. Light from the windows carries the brightest tones; contrast is high, the figure and cupboard reading dark against the pale glass.

Technical Details: Likely a gelatin silver print, soft in handling. No object inscription is recorded.

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