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So The Library of Congress has quite a substantial collection of old portraits, sadly many of them list the sitter as unidentified. In this case however that is not the case, although all we have is simply ‘Brett (woman)’ . The C. M. Bell Studio, who were responsible for taking this photograph, specialised in capturing portraits of the nobility and celebrities of the day. If anyone can tell me more about who this young lady might possibly be, I would be very interested to find out more! https://www.loc.gov/resource/bellcm.1...​

What attracted me to this picture personally was the dual attempts at this portrait, particularly since the exposure is slightly adjusted between them. I’ve always been very interested in the photographs which are abandoned in favour of others from the same session. William Klein’s filmstrips are a brilliant example of this but it’s far less common to see examples from the earlier, glass negative days. I assume this is primarily due to glass plate negatives being frequently cleaned and reused. To see colourised pictures, including this one, you can follow me at the following: https://www.instagram.com/jbcolourisa...​ https://www.facebook.com/jbcolourisation​ https://twitter.com/jbcolourisation