Writing on the back of a portrait

[Chris Anderson]

I don't know. So frustrating, the word has been quite heavily underlined too, suggesting significance I guess

[[Ray]]

Mind you, the lady does look very much like a gentleman (ex-colleague) with a name similar to your username.


 

Ray

[Anne Lothian]

Not thinking about whether it's a name, or whatever, I think it looks like   Mirror.
But why should the word be underlined?  A

[Anne Lothian]

Mirror meaning mirror image, but why would that be of any importance?

[[Ray]]

I originally thought that it may be the "colourist's name"

as in the job number ( 1839 / 15 ) and the name of who was to do ( /did )  the job.


I even tried to make the word say "colour . . .".

R

[JenB]

the word has been quite heavily underlined too, suggesting significance I guess

Not necessarily. My father always put a line underneath his signature, for no particular reason at all 

[Chris Anderson]

I THINK I'VE CRACKED IT

This thing was sealed shut in a very unusual frame, it took 12 nails to get it out of a MIRROR border which was plated over oak wood. I wonder, could 1839/15 be measurements of some kind and mirror was the type of frame ordered.

[Girl Guide]

Well it seems at though Anne on replies 20/21 was on the right lines then.

You didn't actually show us the picture in its frame did you?

Are you saying that the frame is a mirror one or that there is a mirror border?

[arthurk]

Rather than measurements, could 1839/15 be the item number for the style of frame? Or perhaps something like Style 1839 in Size 15?