Evening Sun [Variant] 1855 - 1865

"Evening Sun [Variant]" (1855–65) is a portrait photograph by renowned British photographer Oscar Gustav Rejlander (1813–75). The image features a woman with a contemplative expression, dressed in a fashionable gown and hat, and wrapped in a shawl. Rejlander's work often employed elaborate staging and multiple negatives, a technique he pioneered in his groundbreaking photographic masterpiece, "The Two Ways of Life" (1857). This portrait, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, captures the nuances of Victorian-era fashion and the artistic advancements in photographic techniques.