Date for the lovely lady please.

[Wiggy]

Having become rather aware of horizons lately, I am very interested in the fact that this photo seems to be sloping to the right.  -  just interesting nothing else.     Look at the skirting board line.

Think it is her 'cardi',  Carol   

[Treetotal]

I think it's the backdrop that is uneven where it meets the floor, but I could be wrong.
Carol

[Handypandy]

Having become rather aware of horizons lately, I am very interested in the fact that this photo seems to be sloping to the right. 

One for Wiggy...    Although I think the angle of the original tends to give it a more 'dynamic' look.

[Ruskie]

What an interesting photo.

It appears that the photographer has taken this from above. I wonder if he was standing on something?  Unusual, and you can see the dark "corners" as though looking through the lens. It almost looks like a "second" except that it has been mounted (and I wouldn't expect a second to have been).

Nice restores and colours everyone. 

[Wiggy]

Thank Andy.   

[Handypandy]

What an interesting photo.

It appears that the photographer has taken this from above. I wonder if he was standing on something?  Unusual, and you can see the dark "corners" as though looking through the lens. It almost looks like a "second" except that it has been mounted (and I wouldn't expect a second to have been).

Nice restores and colours everyone. 

It is definitely interesting. I should like to see more of Pettingells work because I think, judging by this photo alone, he may have been an innovator. I think that everything in this image is deliberate. From the off-centre camera position and the slightly higher vantage point to the vignetting and as Carol describes, how the subject is placed to 'flow' from the scene in a more dynamic way than just a bog standard 'straight to camera' ....square on.. set-up. It strikes me as the work of an artist rather than just one for the records. An informal rather than the usual very formal composition.   

[Treetotal]

I think you are right Andy and I do like the effect that he has created as if looking through a porthole. I wonder if he is trying to copy the early Daguerreotype style with the faded edges created by the matting of the union case that the were displayed in. Or maybe he was just experimenting with filters.
Carol

[a-l]

What a beautiful and unusual photo. Incredible work and different moods that the restorers have done ! Well done everyone in producing such results , truly amazing.