Can anyone date this photo?

[jaymack]

This photo is supposed to be of my great-great grandparents from County Cork. That's what I was told, but I have a relative in Ireland who said she doesn't think it could be them, because it would be somewhere between 1855 and 1865 when it was taken. She said it wasn't likely that people from their rural area would have gone to a studio and had a portrait taken in that time period. My relative says it's probably a wedding picture of one of their children, taken twenty years later, around 1880. Can anyone help me date it? And does this look like a wedding picture from that time? Thanks.

John

[Gadget]

I might be totally wrong but the lady's clothes and hair style suggests 1905-1910 to me.

[Seoras]

I agree with Gadget 1905 up to WW1 for me.

[jaymack]

I agree with Gadget 1905 up to WW1 for me.

Thanks for the quick reply! That time frame would work if it was the son or daughter of my great-great-grandparents. Do you have any guess as to the ages of the people? They look no older than 30 to me. And does it look like a wedding picture?

John McDonnell

[ScouseBoy]

Usually  it would  be the woman sitting down, I would have thought?       So unlikely   to be a wedding photo, surely

Or,   am I mistaken?

[Gadget]

I agree with Gadget 1905 up to WW1 for me.

Thanks for the quick reply! That time frame would work if it was the son or daughter of my great-great-grandparents. Do you have any guess as to the ages of the people? They look no older than 30 to me. And does it look like a wedding picture?

John McDonnell

They could be in their 20s or very early 30s. I think it is quite possibly a wedding photo 

Note how she is showing her wedding ring.

[Treetotal]

I'm with Gadget on all counts with this one...she is displaying her wedding ring with obvious pleasure.
Carol

[Ruskie]

I agree with Gadget and Carol.  The woman is touching the man signifying intimacy, and her ring being so obviously on display is the clincher. If they were hard working rural folks they may look older than you expect.

Usually  it would  be the woman sitting down, I would have thought?       So unlikely   to be a wedding photo, surely

Wrong again SB.  If you ever look at the photos posted on this forum you will notice that it was very common for the woman to be standing and the man to be sitting.

[ScouseBoy]

That is not my specialist subject