This cabinet card is a portrait of a young woman posing with her small dog. It appears that the dog was not the most cooperative subject, since the photographer found this image acceptable even though the mongrel was looking away from the camera. The quality of the photographers work is also lowered by his choice of backdrop (a wall and curtain); as well as his not including the entire chair in the image. The girl, who looks as if, she is in her teenage years, is rather plain looking. She is wearing a ring and a necklace. She has very long hair with curly bangs. The photographer is F. S. Richards and the studio was located in Phoenix, New York. Phoenix is a village located in Oswego County. It is 15 miles north of Syracuse. In 1916, Phoenix was nearly destroyed by a devastating fire.
A GIRL AND HER DOG IN PHOENIX, NEW YORK
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Cabinet card with children and animals are rare in my area. I agree the photographer was not the best..he probably didn’t like a dog in his studio:)
You see few animals in portraits of this era just because they would not cooperate and hold still for the slow film and hand operated shutter.
This is a rare one.