Rosehill Cottage, Wellingborough, mentioned in 1853 will, where was it situated?

[TicknerV]

Dear Ian et al.

Unfortunately I had to reduce the pixels to make the photo under 500KB for Rootschat attachments, but it is only a rather poor photocopy of the original photo. I suspect that the original is in the Wellingborough Museum. I could maybe send a better copy to you directly by email. I wonder if anyone could date that photo from the dress of the person in in.

regards,

Vincent

[Keith Sherwood]

Ian and Vincent,
Looks like we may be getting closer to the truth...the technology re size and so on is rather beyond me.  But that old photo does seem to have similar tall chimneys too.  There's a section on Rootschat where clever people could date the photo for us fairly accurately.  I once put on a photo of a group of workmen standing in a large hole in the road in London, and we had a great deal of discussion (and fun) pinning down its exact location and date...
keith

[PrueM]

Hi all

The Photo Restoration and Dating board has heard your call and I am here to see if I can help date your photo/s

The photo of the house is pretty nigh impossible to date as no detail of clothing etc. can be seen, nor do we have any information about its size, mount etc.

The photo of the man I would put in the 1860s or possibly early 70s, but we would need to see the whole photo to pin it down more (i.e. all of the picture plus the mounting card that it's on, and the back of the card if there's anything on it).

Hope that helps a bit!

Cheers
Prue

[seahall]

Thank you Prue.

Greatly appreciated.

Sandy

[chinakay]

Agree with Prue on the dating but would tend more to the earlier end of her time frame...1860s. The full-length pose, blank background, small table and the out-of-focus flooring (a limitation of early camera lenses) all say early-mid 1860s  to me.

Cheers,
China

[Redroger]

My contribution is pre 1870, possibly the mid 1860s.

[TicknerV]

Dear all,

I have had personal message exchanges with Ian and Prue, but I thought I would post this response more generally on this thread.

The photo of William Dulley is an original from my daughter's mother, that I have temporarily borrowed. On the back is handwritten in ink "Grandfather Wm Dulley" in the handwriting of Constance Cook. The printed notice on the back says "Negatives kept - Copies can always de had", and gives the photographer as "T. Miller" at an address that looks like "7 Kilke White Street, Nottingham". I am inclined to date it to the 1860s as well, but maybe with this information photo buffs can be more precise.

Secondly, with this I have a photo of his wife, Sarah Dulley (nee Mee) (1809-1863) (attached), which must date from before 1863, when she died in June 1863, aged 54. On the back of the photo is the number written in pencil 4107, and the writing in ink "Grandmother Dulley (nee Mee)" and the printed emblem of the photographer - "C.T. Newcombe" at "109 Regent St., W" "and at 135 Fenchurch St., City" (presumably in London.


Do any of you have further thoughts on these?

regards,

Vincent

[chinakay]

Also early-mid 1860s, well before 1868 when skirt fashion changed. The necklace the lady is wearing will likely be hand-carved out of a single piece of wood...a sort of love token.

Pre 1863 is just right for this photo.

It would be good if we could see the entire thing, also the back if there is any printing on it.

Cheers,
China

[seahall]

Just an up-date. 

The house in the photograph on Page 6, reply 57 it seems
is much to modern to be the Cottage of 1840's-50's that was
asked about in the original request.

I thought so at the time but did not want to dis-agree with all.

Sandy