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I'm reasonably good at using photoshop but this image is so damaged I don't know where to start.

Anyone else want to have a shot?

I agree Lynn. The face shape is too different. They are both labelled as Patrick who was born 1902. Depending on the year these were taken might give us a rough idea which child looks about the right age. The boy in the cap looks a bit older to me.

There were several Harrington sons. James was born in 1892. On the 1911 census for their parents there is mention of 6 children born to the marriage with only 5 still alive by 1911. I've never tried to look for the missing child since I've no idea what gender it was or what year it was born.

I imagine the rounder faced child's picture is from around 1910 or perhaps a little later but that's just guess work on my part. I don't know if the other photo is from the same time.

Jayne Shrimpton has just got back to me. Apparently,

"the sides brought forward in front of her ears and the length pinned back behind into a chignon. This style was in vogue broadly between  1916 and 1924 but is most typical of the years 1918-1922.................A young woman, she was probably born around the turn of the 20th century and this photograph may well have been her 21st birthday portrait"

So there you have it. My grandmother was born in 1898 and her 21st birthday would have been in 1919. I can't conclusively say that the lady is my grandmother but there is no other Harrington female who fits into this time frame
 

Sorry, we are getting into semantics a little bit on your thread, but only because your photo is an intriguing one! 

Cheers
Prue

No, don't apologise. I'm learning all the time. I'm just finding it a little frustrating that I don't have the original which would, I imagine, have told me so much more. I've got a couple of others photos of different Harrington's which were also sent. Same problem though - copies of copies. They've been labelled as the same person although I'm not convinced.

I've been in touch with Jayne Shrimpton who has told me she can date the clothing to an accuracy of 5 to 8 years for "Mary Harrington" so I'm awaiting her report.

Should be interesting