Esther Elizabeth Bishop and John Frederick Bishop [PRG 1123/1/1] • Photograph


Esther Elizabeth Bishop and John Frederick Bishop
Daguerreotype portrait of Esther Elizabeth Bishop (nee Kemp), the wife of Captain John Bishop, seated next to a table, with their youngest son John Frederick Bishop (b.1859) sitting on her lap. Esther's dress has pagoda (bell-shaped sleeves) and a white lace collar, and her hair is styled traditionally, smoothly dressed with a central part, covering the ears.


Esther Elizabeth Bishop and John Frederick Bishop
Daguerreotype portrait of Esther Elizabeth Bishop (nee Kemp), the wife of Captain John Bishop, seated next to a table, with their youngest son John Frederick Bishop (b.1859) sitting on her lap. Esther's dress has pagoda (bell-shaped sleeves) and a white lace collar, and her hair is styled traditionally, smoothly dressed with a central part, covering the ears.