Date and age this "unknown" seated lady please

[originQuest]

Hi there,

Could someone please date this image and give an age for the sitter please?

Thank you

[jim1]

You seemed to have slipped down the board a bit.
WW1 is your starting point, possibly a bit later but not by much.
She's holding a letter which indicates this photo is in response.
Her age I would suggest is mid 20's-mid 30's.

[originQuest]

Hi Jim. Thank you. Can we get a closer date? And forgive me, but what do you mean by 'in responce'?

I notice the clothing is dark. Is she in.mourning?

[Ruskie]

Locket, wedding ring, letter, black clothing - possibly lost her husband in the war. 

[relatedtoturnips]

Hi there,

Could someone please date this image and give an age for the sitter please?

Thank you

Hi there,

I found this

http://newsfeed.rootsweb.com/th/read/YORKSGEN/2002-05/1022172570

hope it helps.

[jim1]

We often see photos of someone holding a letter. It's my belief that the photo is going back to the sender in response to the letter, otherwise why hold it, but that's just my opinion.
Her clothing could be any darkish colour & I can't see any evidence she in mourning.
I don't think as early as 1911 as I haven't seen that style of cutaway collar before late war.

[Treetotal]

I think mid 20s too....she is wearing a wedding ring and having her photo taken to send to her soldier husband...possibly wearing his photo in the locket around her neck. The locket is a double sided Victorian picture locket..there would be two photos placed back to back between glass and secured with a screw at the top, I have one in rose gold. A high  res scan of just the locket may reveal an image.
Carol

[originQuest]

Thank you for this - you've gleaned a lot of information there.  I will have a look and see if I can see her somewhere in the family.  She must fit in somehow.

[originQuest]

Hi all again - could this be the same lady?  I recall it being looked up before but it seems as though the thread has gone perhaps.  No idea why and that isn't important.  Do you think this is the same lady?