Brown family Scotland

[Rex N P]

I wonder if anyone would be kind enough to clean up this photo please?

It is Alexander Brown and family.  I was told it was taken about 1860.  Does that seem right?

Thanks in anticipation.

Rex

[Woodentop50]

Hello Rex,

Here is a bit of a tidy for you.

                                           Jim

[Rex N P]

Thanks Jim.  That's an amazing improvement.
Rex

[Woodentop50]

Hi Rex,

I had to rebuild the lady's face on the right. From the spares department   

I think it might confuse your descendants , way off in the future .


                                                   Jim

[chinakay]

As long as she doesn't look too much like you, Jim

As for the 1860 date, let me throw in a comment until the real talent shows up. It's a very good guess at a date. The ladies are all wearing bonnets and their ears are covered, not necessarily by hair. The voluminous look to the skirts, and the texture of the fabric, look to me like very early 1860s. The way they are grouped makes it difficult to see too much of their clothing, unfortunately, but if OR weighs in on this one all he needs to see is a pinky finger

Cheers,
China

[PrueM]

Yep, I'd say 1860 or very near, within a year or two.  The skirts still have that fullness at the front that started to disappear by the mid 60s.  The pose and construction of the picture point to that date as well.
Cheers
Prue

[chinakay]

What's that red thing on the original, it wasn't there before.

[Rex N P]

Thanks again Jim.  I think you did a great job re-building Jessie's face, it looks pretty faithful to the original (what one can see of it) and features are consistent with the other family members.

And thanks to the other contributors for the comments re date etc.

By the way, I don't know where the red dot came from.  I had intended to erase it before posting the photo, but forgot.  Oops!

Rex

[Woodentop50]

Rex,

Just to let you know,

When people look at someone and say , " she has her mothers mouth " or " she has the same nose has her sister".
Well , in this case , it's true . I also duplicated her left eye , reversed it , to use as her right one. It would be interesting , if you ever found another photo of her , to compare it.

                                              Jim