yet another dating request

[chinakay]

Can you do a high-resolution scan of just the area in question, 600 dpi or better...draw a box around it on your scanner and scan just the "writing"...we'd be able to see better...

Cheers,
C

[Rabbit B]

What a lovely, charming photo of a world gone by... wintertime, but not too cold.

Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be much that's dateable in the photo. The men are wearing working clothes that probably didn't change much in about 60 years...the only thing is the girl's dress, and most of it isn't visible.

The oldest man looks like he's wearing a style of whiskers that came into vogue in the 1860s and remained popular for quite a while with older men. Because of this and what I can see of the girl's dress, which isn't much, I would hazard a wild guess at about 1880-1890 or so for the photo. Of course you may get other guesses.

Is there anything printed on the back? If there is, could we see a scan please?

Cheers,
China

Hi China,
 
I looked at the picture and thought 1860 before I saw what anyone else had written so I was very pleased to see this post of yours.. 

I must have learned something, then I spotted what Jim said, and read your post properly!  My dad always said 'never change your mind you always make the wrong decision'. 

So sorry Jim and China, I am most likely wrong, but sticking to my guns here!

Sally!  Are you asking for restores?  We have to have your permission to do them you see!  It is a lovely picture bye the way!

Rabbit B 

[Maggie.]

What a lovely evocative photograph! 

I am no expert on photo dating but I am trying to gain a bit of knowledge through what I read on here.  I can only really guess from a gut feeling, and my gut feeling is that from the appearance of the 4 little boys it's later than the 1860s.

Maggie

[chinakay]

 

I still think it's 1880s, but 1860s isn't impossible. Nothing you can really pin down....I dare say it won't be before 1860 though, unless it's a reprint, because printing onto paper didn't happen before 1860. Either way, it's a lovely photo.

Cheers,
China

[sharpie]

would it be possible to clean the picture up a bit.
Many Thanks.
Sally

I'm sorry if I have offended anyone by misunderstanding the above and posting a restore when I should not have.
 
Sharpie

[Rabbit B]

Hi Sharpie,

You have better eyes than I have, I didn't spot that bit!  [We have to stick to the 'rools' which is why I asked].

Goody, now we can do a restore, but perhaps Sally would be kind enough to change the title, so that its it OK to do!

Rabbit B 

[sally harris]

when I was given this picture it was suggested it was Ivy Cottage in Bucklebury.
Now that it has been restored It is obvious that something is written on it.
Sally

[chinakay]

Sally, this is even smaller. Please scan big. 800 dpi.

[sally harris]

china,
I think I'll have to give up on this one scanning at 600dpi just made it worse the next scan level I've got is 1200 and my computer wasn't happy with the idea.
Many thanks to everyone for their help and ideas
Sally Harris