Date please

[PaulaToo]

The top the lady is wearing looks a bit loose, the body, I know the sleeves are loose, that doesn't seem right for a Victorian lady... Was she in an 'interesting condition?'

[suziet]

Not sure what you mean by 'interesting condition'?  I know that they both died in 1881.

Sue

[PaulaToo]

A Victorian lady was in an 'interesting condition' when she was expecting, suziet.
I just thought that the body part of her top looked a little larger than I would have expected.

[PrueM]

I think it's a style of jacket that seems to have been in fashion in the 1850s - perhaps being a more mature lady she was hanging on to a style - and maybe a treasured item of clothing? - from her younger days.

Unless their son owned a studio setup, I doubt these were taken by an amateur - they have the look of a professional photographer's studio about them, with the usual props of curtain, chair and random column/plinth on show 

[LoneyBones]

I have some photos of engravings done in the 50's & 60's. The lady's jacket was 'the in thing' late 50's. underneath she would have worn a very tight corset with probably a skirt & blouse. About 1862 the same jacket was longer and tight fitting, the sleeves were actually cut higher on the inner seam, giving a deep V shape. But given their age, she was probably wearing the earlier version, as Prue notes.
The man's neck attire is a dark stock (neck band, bow tie) that and the height and colour of his topper put him about 1862 as well.
cheers,
Leonie.

[chinakay]

Here's another jacket that's even looser:

http://www.cartes.fsnet.co.uk/date/a1863.htm

Cheers,
C

[LoneyBones]

Those are just like my engraving photos China.
Maybe someone famous was in an "interesting condition" that year
Cheers,
Leonie.

[chinakay]

Well...on that subject, with no reliable birth control available, and a baby along every two years on the average, it's a pretty good bet that about 50% of the fertile female population was in an "interesting condition" in any given year...

Now, that's a thought

Cheers,
C

[PaulaToo]

Right, that's that sorted then, was just wondering.