Cooper Cooper lady away from home

[Skelleyville]

Hi all
I am looking for help with where this photo could have possibly been taken, long shot but worthy of asking so I can help confirm who this lady is.

I have previously posted a photo of her with her sons and it was suggested it was dated early 1860s.

I am guessing this would be the same period, this time I would really appreciate the gentleman's and son's clothing being dated, if it is the same as I think it is. It doesn't look like the lady has aged much, but I could be wrong.

Secondly, the building ... I have no idea where they are, the lady I would like to connect her to lived in Portsea, Hampshire on the 1861 census.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Wendy

[Treetotal]

It looks like the same lady to me and the little boy too but he looks a bit younger so it looks like it was taken a little earlier but not much.
Carol

[jim1]

He looks like Abe Lincoln.
As you can see in both this is a quite well off family which should give an idea if it's the family you hope it is.
It looks like it was taken outside of their home.
Why she's holding a set of curtains I don't know.

[Wiggy]

He looks like Abe Lincoln.

Glad you said that Jim - that was my immediate thought also!!   

Wiggy

[Gadget]

 

I thought the same when I first saw it and also wonder about the brocade/curtain or whatever that she is carrying. It seems too big to be a shawl*. Could she be heavily pregnant and is holding it to cover her bump.

Just a thought 

Wendy - what were the dates of her offsprings' births?

* Looking again, is it a paisley patterned shawl?

[Skelleyville]

She actually had 3 boys, so this could be a younger one.
Her boys were born 1847, 1850 and 1853.
I have found another photo which is a further away shot of 2 men in front of the same building.
The two men standing in front I believe were in the Bedfordshire Militia.
Still unknown where the photo was taken.