Portret van een onbekende vrouw met een fiets c. 1878 - 1895

"Portret van een onbekende vrouw met een fiets" (c. 1878 - 1895) is a black and white cabinet card photograph by Dutch photographer E. v.d. Kerkhoff, currently housed at the Rijksmuseum. The photograph features a young woman standing with a bicycle, likely taken as a studio portrait. The image captures the growing popularity of cycling as a leisure activity, particularly for women, in the late 19th century. This type of image would have been common for the time period, depicting an individual with their prized possession, in this case, a newfangled bicycle. The photo's small size, 88 mm by 59 mm, is typical of cabinet card portraits.