Keywords: W H Gill Devonport 002.jpg 1860-1900 carte de visite photo of young woman in silk dress by W H Gill of 88 James Street Devonport England ;Points of interest The woman has a purse or bag fixed to her waist The tip-up Indian table is of a type manufactured and exported in the 1880s-1890s The tip-up mechanism did not work properly due to the fixed fringe on the table-top so that the top could not rest vertically They were very heavy and often made of padouk wood There is a large version painted white in the St Petersburg palace in the conservatory Scan photo in my possession 1860-1900 WH Gill out of copyright The reverse of this carte de visite is here File W H Gill Devonport 002a jpg PD-Old W H Gill of Devonport Portrait photographs of unidentified women 1860c 19th-century portrait photographs of standing women at full length 1860c Cartes de visite Tables in portrait photographs 1860c |