Who is this person & when was it taken

[Patricia Houghton]

I have just received a box of photographs and as usual no names are written on them.
This one intrigues me so much and I know next to nothing about the sitter

What I do know is that the photograph was taken at Hinchcliffe & Co, 273 Scotland Road, Liverpool.
It is mounted onto card and is around 6 1/2 inches by 4 1/4 inches in total size. There is a lovely advertising picture in beige and red on the reverse of the premises

Around what year was it taken
What is the thing he has dangling on his watch chain, is it important
Any other clues anyone can extract from this picture would be great to hear about, no matter how small

Thank you in advance

[louisa maud]

Can't help much but can i suggest it might be at a wedding because of his button hole.

LM

[Gadget]

Hs clothing suggests 1890s. jacket, waistcoat and trosuers all match and the trousers have central creases. His neckwear is also of this age.

He looks in his early 20s and this is possibly a wedding photo of the groom.



Gadget

[Gadget]

PS

the object attached to his chain is a fob.  The chain and fob is often  referred to as an Albert

he designation of what constitutes an “Albert” is fairly loose these days. Some use the term to refer to more or less any pocket watch chain, though in general, an “Albert chain” describes a typical pocket watch chain that has a “drop” - a small additional section of chain descending from the T-bar that attaches to a waistcoat (or jacket lapel). This short length of chain terminates in some kind of adornment, normally referred to as a “fob”. Historically, these were sometimes badges of affiliation of some form or other (family, military, club, or university crests), though the most common variety would probably have been purely ornamental.

https://www.dalvey.com/blog/the-albert-pocket-watch-chain?srsltid=AfmBOoqWYT3SgXO-NSVyCT8y_VpVrSceDx-yJxDa9DWa-IUwBqmdXHPs

Gadget

[Gadget]

Your description of the back sounds like this date too but to get a closer estimate, could you scan the back, please.

Gadget

[Patricia Houghton]

Here is the reverse as requested.

Thank you for giving what you have so far, t has been really enlightening

[Gadget]

Hmm - A good history of the Hinchcliffe family here (various spellings) :

https://www.cartedevisite.co.uk/photographers-category/biographies/g-to-l/john-hinchcliffe/

Ramsden Hincliffe seems to have been at the Scotland Rd studios  mid 1880s-1901

also an image of the back ~

Interestingly, at one point, Ramsden had his studio illustrated on the back of his cabinet card mount. Unfortunately the building no longer exists. See the following image.

  (the same as your back)
 
No date given though 

I'll give a guess of early - mid 1890s

I'll see if I can find any more.

Gadget

[Gadget]

He seems to have a ring on his third or fourth finger ofhis left hand. I can only see the thumb and 3 fingers. The fourth one is maybe hiding. Did many men  wear wedding rings in those days??

 

[Patricia Houghton]

I saw that ring too, it looks to me to be on his 4th finger as I thought I could just see his third finger, using the knuckles as a guide.
So I am assuming the ring is some sort of signet ring