28.22.18
Print, Photographic Cabinet Card
1890 Approximate
Vignette Bust Portrait of an Older Woman, Margarete Lewer from the Lewer Family Collection. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/4" x 6 1/2". Description: sepia card stock portrait of an elderly woman identified as Margarete Lewer, 1825-1907; she is wearing a dark dress that buttons down the front, with high puffed leg-o-mutton sleeves, and a neckline brooch; she has white hair that is center-parted and drawn to the back; front photographer's caption, Yates Sisters, Waseca, Minnesota, Superior Finish.
From the collection of the Henry Lewer family.