Dating please!!! new photo added

[jim1]

Cardstock early - mid 1870's.The girl is no longer in child's clothes but not yet quite woman's,probably about 14-16,possibly the same girl about 5 years earlier.

jim

[chinakay]

More mid than early...rounded corners?

[PrueM]

I'm pretty sure it's a wedding ring in the first picture, and that the date of very early 1880s is correct going by the clothing and pose/framing etc.

The second picture I thought was from about 1880 as well, as she is wearing a dress with a long, flat front (curiasse bodice), gathering at the top of the skirt and not much in the way of the embellishment we see from the 1870s.

I also agree with Jim that she's probably about 16 - her skirt is too short for this to be a 'grown-up' picture, and her hair being worn down also indicates that she is a young girl.

[jim1]

I'm pretty sure it's a wedding ring in the first picture

quite right......problem counting fingers.

jim

[squiggle]

Thank you All, Chinakay Jim and Prue

I would never have even thought about the engagement ring etiquette, I just made an assumption.
But I guess now that she could be who I thought she was..... I think..... and the other one could be her younger sister. I need to look at this with a clear head tomorrow

really must go to bed now!!!!!!!

Thanks again all

Becky