A painted seashore behind her, a woman poses for a portrait inside a studio. Rudolf Crell was known to also be a painter, so the backdrop may be by his hand.

Rudolf Crell: 1833-1904

The painter and senior teacher Crell lived in Altona from 1875. He was a full member of the Society for the Promotion of Amateur Photography in Hamburg from 1895 until he moved to Desau in 1898. (1.)

1. Biography: Rudolf Crell: Kunstphotographie Um 1900: Die Sammlung Ernst Juhl; Hamburg: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, 1989, p. 203. Sources: Lit.: Thieme/Becker, VIII, 1913, S. 78; Mitteilung des Staatsarchivs Hamburg.