Thanks again Jim, your knowledge seems to show that the two images 4 & 5 are very likely to be different ladies.
I did wonder if they were younger images of Mary Anne Hickling image 3 but it seems likely now that one may be but possible the other or even both is/are Mary's sisters (she had 5 sisters and 4 would fit in with a photo taken in the 1840s or very early 50s.
Your dating also seems to show the two images 4 & 5 were taken before Mary's marriage in 1858.
Thank you.
Does anyone have any suggestions about the clothes or hair for images 4 & 5.
Yes Carol, it seems to stem from my interest in family history that I keep being giving items from the estate of relatives when their houses are cleared after their deaths.
I have all sorts from valuable items that have to be kept in the bank through a silver plated trowel presented to a great aunt and her husband who paid for a Baptist Church to be built through samplers made by ancestors as schoolgirls, a miniature oar given to crewmen of an Oxford boat and photos such as these daguerreotypes and ambrotypes and a weight lifting medal my grandfather won in New Zealand and two books he wrote.
Every item means so much to me, even a book written about my eldest brother's father (a well known horseman) in which the author was not very complimentary about my mother who left him for my father is precious to me.
That may seem strange, but I have also been left the letters he wrote to my mother and the letters she wrote to him for many years after their separation their affection for each other even though they were not suited to each other.
All these artifacts are a window into my ancestors lives and I hope one of my sons (or perhaps my grandaughter) might carry one being the family historian when it is my turn to depart.
Cheers
Guy
