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How did Mervyns wife look like?We dug so much into her and her family I am curious

  ""1904 O'GORMAN, Mervyn, 82, Victoria Street, London, S.W. Cars: Oldsmobile, 5-h.p. electric victoria (Still system). Total distance travelled since becoming a motorist. About 15,000 miles. Hobbies: Touring with camera, sketching, shooting. Principal aim in furthering automobilism: To promote the use by municipalities and others of motor-cars instead of trams; to open up poor districts and the colonies by good roads and cars, instead of delaying development until the remote time when the heavy Standing charges of a railway could he met. Club: Burlington Fine Arts. [1] ""

It would appear that Mervyn indeed loved touring with camera and promoted cars instead of trams.

Mervyn being "a charming and humorous man with enormous physical and mental energy" and quite easy going that he would drive with an expired license,I can easily imagine him driving to Dorset from London even taking more than a day or two.I doubt that he would have made a trip to Dorset by train.

And yes it is likely the Christina was a daughter of his friend living in Dorset but that raises some questions about the portrait of younger Christina and the image 11 and the fact he had taken photos of her on many different occasions,possibly more are out there unpublished or destroyed.Maybe she was TOURING with him from London?

He had a firm named ""O'Gorman and Cozens-Hardy in London"" with E. H. Cozens-Hardy from  Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland,later from 1907 known as Royal Automobile Club.

He must have had a lot of friends from the club who also liked cars.He could have been touring with his car loving friend(s) with their daughters and wife,whom Mervyn had also known for years.

She looks quite different here.
Surprising that the photo was taken in the same year as the other color photos.She looks older than she was when the portrait was taken but slightly younger than when the other color photos were taken.
Whenever the new photo was taken,the Christina being just a model picked off of the street theory I think can be crossed out.There must have been some connection between the two(Mervyn and Christina).

Given the portrait with her name on it,I personally believe "Christina" was indeed named Christina or at least her pet name was.There were some Christinas in the family tree as well.But if the cousin of Winifred indeed denies the connection,that she is not related to Christina,there would be no candidate from Mervyn family

In the event of that,I would guess Christina was a daughter or niece of his friend out of some photograph club or something.

But what makes it difficult though,is that nothing is sure about literally everything.Photographer could have been anybody,Christina could have been Winifred,the photo could have been taken in 1910.

Ultimately,I want to ask the RPS how they got it and when and from whom.

Nevertheless it is amazing to see new photos of Christina we have never seen before after nearly a month of fruitlessness.Its quite motivation for us all.
Amazing work you do Kilkennylass





  edit:  I just noticed that this http://www.ssplprints.com/image/198361/ogorman-mervyn-portrait-of-christina-in-a-garden-c-1912 says this one was taken in 1912.Could be a typo though.
And they also say the portrait one was taken in 1913 which apparently cant be true.
Seems like we have to take these basic facts with a pinch of salt.
http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/detail.php?type=related&kv=8448246&t=objects

I gave up days ago actually but can you just check this out?

http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2015/04/30/100-year-old-colour-photos-on-the-beach/

What one of the comments says about Christina.He says she was not a relative not sure where he got that from though.He even names her husband and her child.