picture year please

[biddy27]

The little boy in the picture is Henry Pettie.  Very much alive, although he does look strange but I have a picture of him later and he is fine.

The first picture was taken at a studio by William Ferris.

The lady in the first picture if she was the Mother of the second lady died in 1903 at the age of 60

The little boy or boys can either be half brother and brother or the same boy.

[Ruskie]

That was my thought behind the question about the little boy on the stool Annette. It's more the pose than the eyes. Looks like some of the other eyes have been 'enhanced' too. 

[net64]

Hi Biddy and Ruskie, thank goodness its not a PM, I personally dont like them atall.Its just the thought of sitting there quite normally with a dead member of the family beside you,pretending as if they were alive.A bit creepy really
Annette