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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: A date for this gentlemen's portrait
« on: Tuesday 13 June 23 18:24 BST (UK)  »
Treetotal,

"It looks like a Pastel Portrait on Ingress paper. "
Interesting observation, does the paper type suggest an amateur rather than a professional artist?

The barter idea is a logical way round the how was it paid for question.

Thank you
Canuc

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: A date for this gentlemen's portrait
« on: Monday 12 June 23 21:35 BST (UK)  »
Hepburn,

I don't think so your man has a cleft chin, and I think he's a younger man at a later time due to the cravat.

Happy hunting
Canuc

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: A date for this gentlemen's portrait
« on: Monday 12 June 23 20:12 BST (UK)  »
Ruskie,

I emailed the person I'm helping, she's not confident. For a start she doesn't know where there was money in her pedigree to pay an artist for their skill.

The picture was in a collection of her mother's papers, but in isolation. She's working on some thoughts.

By posting here to get an opinion of the date of the portrait and the age of the man she hopes she can identify him by elimination. I hope to visit her in a few weeks and have two heads gong on the conundrum, mine with no preconceptions. Sometimes other people's brisk walls are more interesting than your own, and it keeps your skills honed.

Thank you for your efforts, I'll post on here if we think we have him identified.

Happy hunting
Canuc

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: A date for this gentlemen's portrait
« on: Saturday 10 June 23 19:29 BST (UK)  »
Ruskie,

It's one of those situations where the exact detail is lost in time, and nobody who knew him thought to annotate the back or attach a label to the rear.

The person who I am helping understands him to be family, believes he would be in her pedigree but not sure which iteration of grandfather he might be. I will ask her the questions you set out.

Many thanks
Happy hunting
Canuc

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: A date for this gentlemen's portrait
« on: Friday 09 June 23 19:18 BST (UK)  »
RJ137,
Thank you

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: A date for this gentlemen's portrait
« on: Thursday 18 May 23 00:32 BST (UK)  »
Hoobaloo,
I'm not sure I understand what you're telling me.

With my colour vision deficiency I was not seeing anything more than a line drawing with a colour wash of indeterminate hue. What you achieved is colourization for me, and I liked it.
Canuc

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: A date for this gentlemen's portrait
« on: Tuesday 16 May 23 20:52 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for the colourisation the person I'm asking for will be pleased I think
Canuc

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: A date for this gentlemen's portrait
« on: Monday 15 May 23 02:44 BST (UK)  »
Jim1
Thank you, I suspected that time period, but a second opinion is most welcome.

Canuc

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / A date for this gentlemen's portrait
« on: Saturday 13 May 23 23:17 BST (UK)  »
This is a copy of a copy of the original artwork, we don't know who might have the original.

Is there enough clothing to suggest a date when his portrait was created?
And then theirs his hair style and lack of whiskers to consider.

Thoughts on his age would be welcome too.

Look forward to hearing from you
Thank you
Canuc

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