Restore and colour please, if possible and maybe an approx date

[Niksmum]

my one

Irene

[chinakay]

Around 1910 was my first thought, till I spotted the lady hiding behind the donkey. If she's wearing a suffragette suit, 1910 would be the beginning of a date window lasting till about 1915 or so....so in other words, might be just a little bit later than Prue and Jim's estimate.

Cheers,
China

[Devaney1886]

Thank you very much Irene, very talented indeed.


China, would you say that's definitely a suffragette's suit? Thanks for your time.

[chinakay]

Well, we can't see much of it, so your guess is probably as good as mine. But the open lapels, the light blouse underneath, and the skirt as dark as the jacket make me think it's a suffragette suit.

[Devaney1886]

Thanks again.
I wonder if that's why I haven't been able to find my 3x gt Great Grandmother in the 1911.

[PrueM]

I think there might be some confusion...it's your 2 x g-grandmother who's (possibly) wearing a suffragette suit - and that doesn't necessarily mean that she was a suffragette!  It was a style of suit taken up by many women.  See these links:

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0jjd/ (newspaper advert for suits)
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,482059.msg3407385.html (old Rootschat thread with a photo of a lady in a suffragette suit).

[Devaney1886]

Hi again,
               My 3x Gt Gran is the lady on the right. I think the lady on the left was her Employer and the children her charges.

I hadn't appreciated there was a style called that, will check it out now, thank you for the links.

[PrueM]

Ah, I misunderstood, and thought it was a family group   Sorry about that.
Anyway, it's the younger of the two ladies who is wearing the suit, not your ggggran

[Devaney1886]

I know    I just had in my head that if the younger lady were a suffragette and consequently boycotted the census, then perhaps all of her household members, including servants were omitted.

But actually the poor lady was probably just wearing a fashionable outfit