Cabinet card studio portrait of a young woman standing

A black-and-white cabinet card of a young woman standing next to an end table. The photograph is in portrait orientation. The woman is depicted from the knees up, with her body turned slightly towards the left edge of the photograph and her head turned towards the viewer with a serious expression on her face. Her chin is lifted, and she is looking into the distance up and towards the left. Her proper left arm is resting at her side and her proper right arm is held behind her with her hand resting on a tall end table. The end table has a white rectangular top accented with metal fillagree along the edges and thin metal legs. She is wearing a tightly fitted, blouse with a dark background and a thick white plaid pattern. The blouse features tight sleeves with a slight puff at the top and just above the cuff, a button panel running down the front center, and a large, dark bow pinned just below her proper right shoulder. At the neckline is a high, white blouse collar, with the rounded collar points folded down. She is also wearing a black belt at her waist with a round, metal buckle and a medium tone, plain, long skirt. The woman is depicted against a cloudy photographic backdrop. The oval shaped photograph is adhered to a gray rectangular shaped mount. Printed on the mount around the photograph is a black ink oval-shaped ornate frame with fleur-de-lis accents. An embossed photographer’s stamp in the bottom right corner reads [Donaldson[underlined] / BALTIMORE & WASHINGTON / 21 W. LEXINGTON 927 F.N.W.]. The cardboard mount is rounded at each of the four corners. There are three pinholes near the top center of the mount and a large pinhole along the bottom center edge. There is a small patch of surface loss near the top left side of the mount and tidemarks at the left corners and the top right corner. The back of the mount is gray and plain. Handwritten pencil text at the top center reads [Lucy Shephard[?] / [#1004 Roclan[---?]. Text written in a different hand below in brown ink reads [F Moore / 14-51 Staughtan / st. / F Moore].

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