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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: Avondale16 on Thursday 14 June 18 11:41 BST (UK)
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Another tintype where again I'm not sure who the young lady is. Could the image have a clean up please & a date for when it was taken would be a great help.
Keith
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A young married woman c. 1870's.
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Thank you Japeflakes for the clean-up which much appreciated - nice to able to see more detail now on this old image.
Keith
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A young married woman c. 1870's.
Thanks Jim - that certainly helps me
Keith
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Here's my offering. Hope you enjoy!
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Here's my offering. Hope you enjoy!
That's a great restore DrDude - thanks so much. The original image was very dark & marked so this is quite a transformation. It looks an odd setting for a portrait :-\
Keith
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Glad you're happy.
The setting is unusual to be sure. I'm curious if this is a postmortem photo. Many people do have that gaunt look in photos of the time, however, the total composition of the photo does pose that as a possibility. If so, it could have been done at the mortuary or embalmers right before final preparations were done.
If it's not a PM photo, I'd have to say she doesn't necessarily look sad as she does exhausted.
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Glad you're happy.
The setting is unusual to be sure. I'm curious if this is a postmortem photo. Many people do have that gaunt look in photos of the time, however, the total composition of the photo does pose that as a possibility. If so, it could have been done at the mortuary or embalmers right before final preparations were done.
If it's not a PM photo, I'd have to say she doesn't necessarily look sad as she does exhausted.
Wow! I hadn't considered that she might be deceased - she certainly looks unwell & I am questioning why you would have such an unflattering image taken. Would it be usual to have the eyes 'open' in PM photo?
Keith
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If you look at PM photos, all the deceased have their eyes open. Simple morticians glue makes it possible.
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If you look at PM photos, all the deceased have their eyes open. Simple morticians glue makes it possible.
Well you learn something new everyday on RC. I wondered if it might have been a prison image?
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Probably not prison. Too well dressed for that. Same with asylum, even if it's just for TB or something, you wouldn't be that well dressed.
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I don't see anything to suggest a PM photo....her posture is self supporting with no sign of a posing stand, the hands are relaxed and her eyes are focussed.
Carol
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Again, it's just a possibility. The head supporting is one of the things that does call it into question. It's still a possibility that would explain the overall setting and appearance. The piping to her left is also a bit of a twist to the puzzle as well. Makes it seem more like it's taken in a basement, storage or similar type area.
Do we know where the photo was taken?
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I don't see anything to suggest a PM photo....her posture is self supporting with no sign of a posing stand, the hands are relaxed and her eyes are focussed.
Carol
Thanks Carol - just an unusual setting & slightly odd look.
Keith
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Avondale, do we know where the photo was taken (if not exactly, perhaps country or region)?
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Avondale, do we know where the photo was taken (if not exactly, perhaps country or region)?
Difficult to say for sure but most likely to be either East Sussex or Suffolk - came to me with other photos of family on my maternal side but could of course potentially be somewhere else in the UK.
Keith
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Ah, ok. Trying to get an idea based on the architecture and all. I'd still have to go with it being in a basement or the storage area. The exposed piping just doesn't gel with it being in the main room of a house. Just my 2 cents.
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Ah, ok. Trying to get an idea based on the architecture and all. I'd still have to go with it being in a basement or the storage area. The exposed piping just doesn't gel with it being in the main room of a house. Just my 2 cents.
Thanks DrDude you have certainly got me thinking - I really need to identify the woman if i can.
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Ah, ok. Trying to get an idea based on the architecture and all. I'd still have to go with it being in a basement or the storage area. The exposed piping just doesn't gel with it being in the main room of a house. Just my 2 cents.
Thanks DrDude you have certainly got me thinking - I really need to identify the woman if i can.
I always like to consider all the possibilities. When in doubt ask questions. If someone doesn't want to give you the answers, ask someone who will.
Best of luck to you.
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Hi Keith, this has turned out to be a very interesting photo. The lady appears to be head of the household as she is wearing the chatelaine with keys on and her dress is very detailed. This however doesn't fit with the very mundane background, as Dr Dude says it does appear to be a basement or similar, so why would she choose this setting?
I do hope you will let us know if you ever identify her.
Pat
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Hi Keith, this has turned out to be a very interesting photo. The lady appears to be head of the household as she is wearing the chatelaine with keys on and her dress is very detailed. This however doesn't fit with the very mundane background, as Dr Dude says it does appear to be a basement or similar, so why would she choose this setting?
I do hope you will let us know if you ever identify her.
Pat
Thanks so much for the restore Pat - much appreciated. When you say she appears to be head of the household would that be her own or someone else's (i.e could she be in service?). The whole feel of the image to me is that it was not her choice to be photographed. Also as this is another tintype is the image reversed & if so would that mean her ring is actually on her right hand - oh dear I'm getting very confused by this one. ???
Keith
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I don't think it is a pm photo. She is sitting sideways on the chair without support and she is far too focused to be dead.
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Keith from what I understand the chatelaine usually held the keys to all the locks in he house, the wine cellar, private rooms etc. It was usually worn by the lady of the house, the wife of the owner and only she had access to certain areas that the servants couldn't go to.
In a very large house, it could be the housekeeper. I wouldn't think she is a housekeeper though, her dress and jewellery look too expensive for that.
I did reverse the image to begin with, but I realised the ring would be on the wrong hand so I turned it back. I really am not sure about that.
Pat
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I agree that this is not a PM photo.
It looks to have been taken outside due to the good light, and the whitewashed wall makes me think it could have been taken outside a back door or in a yard.
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Thanks to a-l & Ruskie regarding your opinions on the image - I have to say I am somewhat relieved it is not a PM photo.
Keith