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Title: Image on glass but can you date this picture please?
Post by: mike800966 on Sunday 26 March 17 21:59 BST (UK)

I hope that someone might be able to date this picture which I think is my great grandfather.
He was a pork butcher from Stretford nr Manchester
The picture is a positive on a piece of hexagonal glass obviously it was once in a frame.
Perhaps the technique or the clothing style will help
Thank you for looking
Mike

Title: Re: Image on glass but can you date this picture please?
Post by: jim1 on Monday 27 March 17 13:56 BST (UK)

What you have is an 1850's ambrotype.
First arrived in 1851 but was superseded in the early 1860's by the more common CdeV.
More likely the 50's as the large barrel bow tie was a common feature of that decade.

Title: Re: Image on glass but can you date this picture please?
Post by: Gadget on Monday 27 March 17 15:04 BST (UK)

Reminds me of Abraham Lincoln  with a slightly wider (and younger)  face.

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/presidents-day/abraham-lincoln/photographs/lincoln3.jpg

Title: Re: Image on glass but can you date this picture please?
Post by: Handypandy on Monday 27 March 17 16:08 BST (UK)

Some cleaning for the butcher...

Title: Re: Image on glass but can you date this picture please?
Post by: loord74 on Monday 27 March 17 21:53 BST (UK)

enhanced one

Title: Re: Image on glass but can you date this picture please?
Post by: Trishanne on Monday 27 March 17 23:56 BST (UK)

I've given him a tidy up too

Title: Re: Image on glass but can you date this picture please?
Post by: Trishanne on Monday 27 March 17 23:57 BST (UK)

A bit of colour
Pat

Title: Re: Image on glass but can you date this picture please?
Post by: pablo59 on Tuesday 28 March 17 15:17 BST (UK)

Image on glass

Title: Re: Image on glass but can you date this picture please?
Post by: saddles on Wednesday 29 March 17 10:02 BST (UK)

Hi Mike.....My contribution.

Carolyn  :)

Title: Re: Image on glass but can you date this picture please?
Post by: mike800966 on Wednesday 29 March 17 11:14 BST (UK)

Very Many thanks to everyone who has looked at  the pic and especially to all those who have done such clever work on it.
I have a couple of other picture questions  relating to uniforms but  cant get the pics down to within the file size limit.

Thanks Again

Mike Stephenson

Title: Re: Image on glass but can you date this picture please?
Post by: sarah on Wednesday 29 March 17 11:36 BST (UK)

Hi Mike,

What size are your images ? You are allowed upto 500kb you may wish to try re-sizing the image either in size or quality DPI to get to the right size :)

Regards

Sarah

Title: Re: Image on glass but can you date this picture please?
Post by: ymfoster on Wednesday 29 March 17 14:22 BST (UK)

My effort,  :)

Yvonne

Title: Re: Image on glass but can you date this picture please?
Post by: Treetotal on Friday 07 April 17 15:44 BST (UK)

I like that one Yvonne.
Carol

Title: Re: Image on glass but can you date this picture please?
Post by: ymfoster on Friday 07 April 17 23:10 BST (UK)

Thanks Carol,  :)
nice of you to say so.