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Offline sheeponahill

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Re: Handwriting on the back of a picture frame
« Reply #9 on: Monday 24 June 24 11:45 BST (UK) »
Elsewhere on Rootschat there is a thread looking at a Hannah Gibson of Whitehaven, whose father was called Peter. If the second part of the second line is Peter, might the first be some kind of shorthand for “child of”…?

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=536051.0

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Re: Handwriting on the back of a picture frame
« Reply #10 on: Monday 24 June 24 14:21 BST (UK) »
It certainly looks like Peter, and the thread you've found is intriguing, but the first part is still defeating me. As well as your suggestion, I wondered if it might mean something like 'Mrs', with this being the mother of the person being addressed below, but I'm not confident enough in putting an age to the sitter.

If no-one else comes in on this to offer an opinion, I'd be tempted to start another thread titled something like 'Date of portrait & age of sitter', give a link to this one, and invite people to comment here (not in the new thread).

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Re: Handwriting on the back of a picture frame
« Reply #11 on: Monday 24 June 24 17:33 BST (UK) »
It's similar from a fashion and style perspective to the following, which is dated to 1849 (Charlotte Bronte's picture of a Mrs Hudson). Your suggestion of starting a separate post to date the image is a good one.

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Re: Handwriting on the back of a picture frame
« Reply #12 on: Monday 24 June 24 17:36 BST (UK) »
Thanks Kendra, I’m thinking I’ll do that. And yes I can see the similarities.