Vintage Sepia Portrait Photo - This is Martha

Who is Martha? A serious young girl with beautiful blonde (?) curls.

The photographer, Thea Nielsen, was quite famous during the Victorian and Edwardian years. It appears that she was a woman which was quite the rarity in photographers back then.

The sepia photo is attached to a small card, representative in the late 1800s and early 1900s. "This is Martha" has been inscribed in pencil above the photographer's stock backing. The artist's name and location are debossed.

On the back, you'll find more studio information. Despite the card reading "Pladen opbevares" at the bottom, there is no serial number. Photographers kept the numbered negatives so that they could create additional prints if so desired.