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Group portrait of four women, cabinet card studio photograph by T. Coupe, Bank Top and Darwen Street, Blackburn, England, c. 1885–1895. The sitters are arranged in a formal studio composition with two seated and two standing, suggesting close familial or social relationships. All wear dark, high-necked dresses with fitted bodices, decorative buttons, and matching lockets or medallion necklaces, reflecting late Victorian fashion and coordinated presentation. Hairstyles are center-parted and drawn smoothly back, typical of the period. The photograph shows light fading, foxing, edge wear, and surface abrasions consistent with late 19th-century albumen photographic materials. The verso bears the photographer’s stamped studio mark, confirming English regional origin.
