Three women having tea

Black and white photograph of three women [EMC, Mrs Pierce, Miss Brown] sitting in a garden having tea. One is sitting on a deck chair, and is drinking from a china teacup. In the centre is a table, or trolley, laid with a white tablecloth and a tea service on a tray. On the left is a free standing cake stand, with a plate on the top layer, and what seems to be a chocolate cake on the bottom layer. Behind them is a high hedge. Pasted onto a page in the album, with a manuscript caption on the bottom white edge.

Poor condition. Faded, the image has disappeared to white in patches top centre and bottom. Surface very scratched, with white streaks and uneven white faint spotting / patches. Extensive treatment needed. Production method: gelatin silver print.