Can anyone date this photograph please???

[Rachels]

Watch more likely pinned to the bodice.

Wristwatches date from about 1850 (I think) so it's a possibility...and they were mostly consigned to women until WWI. They became a practical reality to coordinate movements during that era.

Cheers,
China

Yes that could be a watch dangling
I think wristwatches would normally have been later  .... unless, of course, her family was stinking rich and of a 'showy' nature 
I did see an early wristwatch on here a year or two ago and it was huge and unattractive.

Shame the photo's not a little sharper.
It looks as if she might be wearing a ring on her right hand (3rd finger) and a bangle/bracelet and that's an earring on her left ear and probably a rose at her neck.
Wonder if it was a special occasion ?

The gentleman's boot/shoe is very stylish.

Every time I look at the whole pic I think it's a wristwatch ... isn't she showing it to us ? 

[chinakay]

I noticed the earring, and it looks very heavy. The kind that will make your ears sore, and elongate the earlobe eventually. That's another reason I didn't think the girl and the grown woman are the same person.

The girl's posture just doesn't look right...that hunched look reminds me of a spina bifida person I met several years ago. I'm also wondering about the footstool, kind of unusual. Well, just ruminating

[John915]

Good evening all,

I don't think the girl has any sort of disability, she's just sitting in a chair that is too big for her height. Look lower and you will see the footstall under her feet so her legs wern't dangling. Had she taken her arms off of the chair arms her shoulders would have dropped, she would look perfectly normal. Because of the position the basket has caught under the chair arm and hey presto, you see the bottom of it. Not a very professional photographer to let things like that happen, he should have adjusted her position.

John915

[maidmarianoops]

a bit of help


sylvia

[Seoras]

Agree with China,those ears are different.

[Rachels]

My waking thoughts ...


She's wearing her hair up and I've forgotten at what age  they did this  but that would make her a teenager at least, as Richard thinks.

Actually, to be more precise, her hair is not down and I'm assuming it's in a bun or pleat and is not just cut short at the back for some reason (illness or fashion).

Is that the rose the white rose of York ?

Hi George 

[Rachels]

Have a look at these two
I know they're not at the same angle and that makes it difficult


Don't think the ears are an exact match but they appear to be of a similar size

We need a hairstyle expert.
Hair parted in the middle and pulled back behind the ears indicates ? which era ? Where's O.R. ?

[HeatherLynne]

Well done Rachel!  I reckon those two must be the same woman - or very closely related if not. 

Heather

[Rachels]

Well done Rachel!  I reckon those two must be the same woman - or very closely related if not. 

Heather

  I'm going with 'closely related' because of the ear'oles not being exactly the same but we need a sleeve and hairdo expert to offer precise dates