Victorian photo turn of 20th century

Hi all,
Does anybody have any thoughts on this photo? It's by a photographer called Ed Lindemann based in Loughborough around late 19th beginning of 20th century. The subjects look well turned out and I wondered if anybody recognised them? Or have anymore info on the photographer?
It's framed in a nicely detailed wooden boots frame, can anybody date the logo presiciely? Is photo albumin or carbon do you think?
Many thanks as always.

 

This tells when gigot sleeves were in fashion. These ladies are no doubt wearing their best & newest.

And the lettering on the Boots label looks art nouveau.

 

He abbreviated his name; it's Edward Lindemann.

 

Thanks, I think 1899-1904 as found he had shop around then, not sure what abbreviations mean here though: KL 1899, WRLE 1899, KL 1904

 

Ps stilk can't find any other examples of his photos though. :-(

 

Boots had shops all over the UK, and there is some historical information about them on the National Portrait Gallery website, about halfway down this page:
https://www.npg.org.uk/research/programmes/directory-of-suppliers/b.php

Seems that their earliest recorded framing ads were from about 1894. I'd say this photo is from the mid to late 1890s, mainly based on the very voluminous sleeves on the dress of one of the women. Those were popular in the mid-1890s. By the late 1890s things were changing, I think, more like what the woman at the left is wearing.

You didn't mention the size of the photo, but sizes larger than standard cabinet cards became much more common in the late 1890s and later.

 

The women look like sisters or mother and daughter.
Patd

 

Well my first thought was four siblings.

 

Thanks, I'd agree about date as that would suit the little I've found out thus far. What is typical cabinet size photo? Haven't measured yet but about 10"x7 or 8" ish I'd think?
On closer inspection I'd think maybe a younger couple with parent's? Or just a family. But a fairly posh bunch by the looks of it.

 

My thoughts on the image are mother and daughter, father and intended.......and if one was to read anything into the women's faces, I'd say daughter is steadfastly resolute, and mother is fit to be tied!!!!!!! But that's just MY take

 

indeed, the facial expressions are not exactly ecstatic lol. Lots of books on view too, maybe religious?

 

Can you read what's on the cover of the book on the woman's lap?

 

Handsome family but more bourgeois than posh. No jewelry to speak of. Books used as props. Framing done at Boots.

Debora

 

Bet it's a volume of poetry.

Debora

 

May well be! I've also seen religious books, song books (probably not this one), etc.

 

Sadly cant read any book titles, and I guess not that posh then. Nice rug and table cloth though. Btw I believe Lowry got his stuff from boots so probably more distinctive back in the day than now.

 

Here's your photographer. Key (which I can't decipher) gives dates of 1899 and 1904.

http://www.early-photographers.org.uk/Leics I-L.html

Debora

 

I know this was posted a couple of weeks ago but I couldn't resist looking the photographer up!

He was mentioned in the Nottingham Evening Post, 28 Oct 1904:


In 1901 he and his wife Laura were living in Loughborough, Leicestershire with one-year-old son, Edward. By 1911 they had moved to Sidmouth, Devon. His occupation is 'photographer' on both censuses, and his birth was in Prussia, Germany around 1867.