| John Thompson [Attributed to] Studio portrait of an older woman's head 19th century (late) Opaltype Dominic Winter Book Auctions Photography: The First 150 Years, 9 March 2018, Lot: 263 LL/82071 John Thompson label to verso and the name 'Bonao' scratched on to the back of the frame.
John Thompson opened his first English portrait studio in Buckingham Palace Road, London, in 1881. The sitter is possibly Maxima Bonao (1820-1925).
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