 In this dual portrait photograph of Cora and Lina Benneson, taken when they were older, prepubescent girls, the two sisters look in the same direction off to the left of the photographer. On the left, Lina's head and shoulders are approximately six inches above Cora's. Her hair, parted in the middle on her forehead, is straight, dark, and tightly pulled. Her large eyes with dark brows, more closely set and less intense than Cora's, gaze steadily on some object in the middle distance behind the photographer. Her full lips are slightly downturned, but without suggesting a frown. Underneath her white v-neckd dress is a white blouse that ends in ruffles high on her neck. A small dark oval brooch is centered at the front of her neck. Cora appears to be looking at the same point in the middle distance. Her eyes are smaller, farther apart, and more determined than her sister's. Her curly dark hair is parted down the middle of the top of her head, revealing the whiteness of her scalp. Her thin lips are just slightly upturned hinting at slight bemusement, perhaps verging on a smile. Her white dress contains concentric rings of small ruffles around her shoulders and high up her neck. | |
