RootsChat.Com

Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: derby girl on Sunday 18 September 11 20:13 BST (UK)

Title: Date & neaten up for two little girls please?
Post by: derby girl on Sunday 18 September 11 20:13 BST (UK)
Dear All
Is there any possibility you could tidy these little girls up?  And provide me with a date?  They are tintypes - I think possibly about the 1860s but an educated date might enable me to work out who they are.
Many thanks.
Derby Girl
Title: Re: Date & neaten up for two little girls please?
Post by: chinakay on Monday 19 September 11 02:42 BST (UK)
Yes, early 1860s. Lovely images, shame they aren't ambrotypes (glass) as they would be much sharper. Beautiful cases too...you are very lucky to have them!

Cheers,
China
Title: Re: Date & neaten up for two little girls please?
Post by: jim1 on Monday 19 September 11 11:58 BST (UK)
Agree with China's date.Are you sure these are tintypes as it would be unusual to see them in gilt cases?
I think the blurring is down to them being badly scanned or photographed.
To me they look like ambrotypes & therefore may be a little earlier.

jim
Title: Re: Date & neaten up for two little girls please?
Post by: PrueM on Monday 19 September 11 12:16 BST (UK)
Tintypes were sometimes put into cases to make them look like the more expensive ambrotypes and daguerreotypes, these have the look of tintypes but I did at first wonder whether they could be ambrotypes...they're in nice condition whatever they are :)

Title: Re: Date & neaten up for two little girls please?
Post by: maidmarianoops on Monday 19 September 11 12:26 BST (UK)
a try


sylvia
Title: Re: Date & neaten up for two little girls please?
Post by: derby girl on Monday 19 September 11 19:43 BST (UK)
Dear Prue, Jim and China.
Ah, ambrotypes it is then.  Thank you very much for the date as well.  Are you saying then that they could even be late 50s?  I flipped when I saw them two days ago.  I have them on long loan along with lots of other photos from my sister in law, and hardly know where to start.  These two photos, though, are small and hinged together in a little leather case with a clasp.  They look like a small leather book when closed - so beautiful!  Nothing on them to say who the photographer was, though.
And thank you Sylvia for your hard work - they look great.
Again, thanks everyone for your help. 
Derby Girl
Title: Re: Date & neaten up for two little girls please?
Post by: saddles on Tuesday 20 September 11 00:38 BST (UK)
Hi Derby girl........I have had a try.

Carolyn  :)
Title: Re: Date & neaten up for two little girls please?
Post by: chinakay on Tuesday 20 September 11 00:54 BST (UK)
Yes, they could be late 1850s, but children's clothing didn't change as rapidly as adults' and without an adult woman in the photo they'd be hard to date.

Cheers,
China
Title: Re: Date & neaten up for two little girls please?
Post by: derby girl on Tuesday 20 September 11 14:47 BST (UK)
Dear China
Thanks very much for the dating advice.  It has certainly thinned down the number of possibilities - probably Baston children, but might be Wiltshire.  I don't suppose I'll ever be able to prove anything definitely, but you never know.
And thank you Carolyn for your work - it is very kind of you.
I really do appreciate everyone's help - again thank you very much.
Derby Girl