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Gorgeous.

Elizabeth, Lady Eastlake (17 November 1809 – 2 October 1893), born Elizabeth Rigby, was a British author, art critic and art historian who was the first woman to write regularly for the Quarterly Review. She is known not only for her writing, but also for her significant role in the London art world while her husband, Sir Charles Eastlake, was director of the National Gallery there. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Eastlake

Lady Ruthven seems to have been a tad camera shy.

LoVely sepia coloring and the vintage clothing textures are awesome*~*

Lovely

So many different textures throughout the photograph. Makes me wonder what Lady Mary thought of this photograph?

@ GEH -- Is this image oriented correctly -- or is it reversed?

"Lady Mary Hamilton (Campbell) Ruthven" by Robert Adamson

Does the title really begin “Le” and not with “La” (which would be grammatically correct)?

This photograph is part of an album that has handwritten captions. I will look and see if it is indeed a La rather than a Le. Thanks!

Really interesting as an early example of photography as art.

Is this photograph also attributed to Charles Hugo as well as Auguste Vacquerie?

nice