I’m in the UK, but that doesn’t mean it’s not American. I’m imagining all kinds of back stories to this image!
It looks too informal to me, and the quality is too poor? I could be wrong of course. It could be a practice piece, or a small photographic...
Came across this recently... any ideas as to age and/or process? It doesn't look like a studio portrait, to me, but the card is CDV size. The...
Pulp! I think I wore my CD out… feels like yesterday.
I just love the beautiful lighting in these old photographs!
Thanks, I’ll do some searching on those names… I wish they had used a blotter!
I've been buying CDVs again and some of the writing has me stumped. Any help is appreciated. I can make out 'Edward' on the Window & Grove one,...
He’s watching you!
Thanks @Debora, I obviously need to do more reading/research. Good for him, I like the fashion! Here's the accompanying cabinet card. The...
Thanks everyone, you’ve provided some humour and confirmed what I thought, that the portrait is in fact of a man (though he may have thought of...
Ohh yes, thank you! I love that photo.
The photographer appears to have been active in the 1880s/90s. Would this fit with the fashion, does anyone know?
This cabinet card was advertised as a woman, but I'm not so sure. What do you think? [ATTACH]
Thank you so much @Figtree3 ! I’m learning a lot about early photographic processes, and the link(s) you’ve provided has been duly saved :). It’s...
This makes her birthdate c1803, different to the label on the photo case.
I spoke to the charity shop manager about the image. She told me she had taken it apart. And she couldn’t remember if there was anything written...
Thanks @Debora . Ancestry trees have Emma’s birthdate as 1803 or 1804, but it’s based on census data. I haven’t found a birth record yet.
I think you are right! Still a lot to confirm, but there’s a marriage in 1827 between John Peacock Byde and Emma Robinson… thanks!
@2manybooks I’m extremely grateful to you for sharing this information! To my eye, and looking at the image directly, the uncoloured areas appear...
@2manybooks thanks again, this is fascinating information… I’ve been taking a closer look at the snaps I took while the glass was off, and you...
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