Dating my two dear little old ladies please

[acookey]

Hi all

Can anyone date this photo please.  Its not very clear as it has come to me via email and I have tried to make it a bit brighter.  The two women have been identified but I am not sure as one of them died in 1898, so that is why I would like a dating.

Many thanks

Acookey

[chinakay]

Mmmmm...doesn't look like pre 1898 to me, although it's hard to make out detail...I'd say quite a bit later than that

Cheers,
China

[jim1]

My thoughts also China...this looks like a snapshot or at the very least a postcard,so 20th.C.

jim

[acookey]

Thank you China and Jim,

I have cropped out all the irrelevant detail of the garden, and tried to make the photo clearer.  From the clothes, anyone hazard a guess at the date?

In the emailed version I received, which was quite high resolution, you can see the sides of the photo and a crease on the bottom rh corner.

Were there any cameras around before 1900 and the Box Brownie?

Regards

Acookey

[PrueM]

I think it's a snapshot too, and therefore likely to date from about 1910-1920 or so.  Probably Ww1 era.
There were of course cameras prior to the box brownie, but only for professionals or very enthusiastic amateurs!