Woman, Distributing Corsages From A Straw Basket, Standing On The Steps Of A Victorian Stone Cottage With Iron Lacework On The Verandah

Title taken from paper envelope plate was originally housed in, now discarded. Woman pinning a corsage to the lapel of a man's suit, both whole-length, left and right profiles, facing each other; Woman standing on steps holding posy and a straw basket decorated with flowers and ribbons, whole-length, full face. Wilf Henty, a collateral descendant of the Henty family who took up residence in the Portland district of Victoria in 1829. Henty worked for the Victorian Railways, and his work documents the life and interests of an employee from 1901 to 1940.