Restore and Date for this little girl please

[slowbookworm]

This picture is with some of my Rickard and Edwards family photos so I guess she belongs to one of these families, a rough date would be a great help to me so I have some chance of working out who she is.
The photo seem to have suffered a bit so a clean up would be great.
Thanks

( I have posted pics on here before but Im not sure how I did it so fingers crossed)

[PaulaToo]

Had a look for the studio...
 “Le studio Livernois, 1854–1974; un commerce familial d’art photographique à Québec”
Well, that's narrowed it down to 120 years

[slowbookworm]

Thanks Paula
typical, a studio that was around for about 5 years would have been good, with lots of info on the internet of course.

[chinakay]

Hi sbw, I have been thinking about this very lovely photo...the back of it makes me think late 1870s design, although I just don't know if a photographer in Quebec would follow the same fashions for card backs as an English studio. I'd guess that he would, because you have to buy what's available, and if what's available is roses & cherubs, for example, that's what you end up with. It's just a guess, though.

J.E.Livernois was a drugstore as well as a "photographr" (did you notice the misspelling?) and was embroiled in a dispute with the provincial government over what he could sell to the public, back in the 1970s, maybe 80s. As a photographer, the company took LOTS and LOTS of photos, some of them very important portraits of Quebec historical figures. An annoying number of them are posted on the internet in %&#@& .pdf format...grrr But as many as there are, there is not one back to compare with, that I have found.

It's very difficult to date children's photos by the clothing, as children's clothes didn't follow much fashion, and very young boys and girls were dressed alike...Your best bet in this regards would be old rowley...if he doesn't drop in you could pm him.

So back to my best guess of late 1870s going by the design on the back.

Cheers,
China

[slowbookworm]

I wasnt well yesterday but Im not sure if its any excuse for how thick I was being. Although the photo was with photos of my grandfathers family it must belong to my Grandmothers family who lived in Canada for a few years.
Below is a photo of them in the snow, the little one on the left is my Great Grandmother and I think its the same child in the other photo. She was born in 1887 so the photo dates from the early 1890s.
Now that I am fairly sure that its my G Grandmother I would be realy grateful if SKS could clean it up a bit.
Thanks
SBW

[slowbookworm]

Sorry it apeared a bit too big, I tried to change it and landed up with 2 photos!

[jc26red]

SBW - don't worry about the size on this board ... big is beautiful to restorers as it saves giving us eye strain. 

Jenny

to remove the second photo, click on modify, then attach photo. You will see both photos with a check box next to them, uncheck ONE of the photos then post.

[slowbookworm]

Thanks Jc

[Niksmum]

Hi SBW
After many many tries this is the best I can do   

Irene