Identify Victorian photo and inscription

[Girl Guide]

I used to know how to do that but I can't remember any more.  Not something I did a lot of.  Google and see what you come up with or wait and see if a RootsChatter can assist.

[still_looking]

Search for '<your graphics software> <your operating system> invert colours' e.g. 'paint windows invert colours'.

Regarding the locket, I thought it might be a sacred heart but I'm not sure. Annoyingly I am pretty certain that I've seen something similar before.

Thinking of something like this, not convinced that its a Luckenbooth or a Vlaams (Flemish) heart.

S_L

[Treetotal]

Hope this helps, I have inverted the image. It could say Dumfriesshire.
Carol

[jaamac]

Thanks, Carol, nice try. I've convinced myself that it is Dumfriesshire, and that he was 47 years there but unfortunately can't get beyond that. Grateful for your help.
J

[jaamac]

Search for '<your graphics software> <your operating system> invert colours' e.g. 'paint windows invert colours'.

Regarding the locket, I thought it might be a sacred heart but I'm not sure. Annoyingly I am pretty certain that I've seen something similar before.

Thinking of something like this, not convinced that its a Luckenbooth or a Vlaams (Flemish) heart.

S_L

Very similar, but I agree, not quite there. I was wondering if it had some military significance.
J

[jaamac]

Hope this helps, I have inverted the image. It could say Dumfriesshire.
Carol

Do you think the 'squiggles' in the centre of the board are Chinese writing?
Jaamac

[kath davis]

Perhaps a long-shot, but could he be a missionary - in China?  HIs dress certainly looks like a man of the cloth.

[jaamac]

Perhaps a long-shot, but could he be a missionary - in China?  HIs dress certainly looks like a man of the cloth.

Good thinking, thanks.

[Isabel H]

This ad is from the Kircudbrightshire Advertiser & Galloway News of Dec 5, 1884.  Perhaps this could be him.


Article about John W Stevenson with photo here:
https://bdcconline.net/en/stories/john-w-stevenson
Could this photo be him as an older man? He was home in Scotland 1883-1885.

I'm not sure where the no. 47 on the portrait comes in - perhaps the age at which he was depicted?