Help with dating this please

[Little Nell]

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg263/Helen_Evans/EmmaBroad2.jpg

This is my great-grandmother, Emma Broad (1867-1904) who married John David Smoothy in 1890. I believe this photograph was taken in Richmond, Surrey and she looks very smart, although she worked as a maid and her husband was a wood turner.

Any comments gratefully received.

[Margaret in Burton]

She looks quite young, would she be in her early 20's?

[Margaret in Burton]

Then again, there looks to be a bustle on her dress.

Unsure now.

I'm not too good at the dating photos lark either Nell :)

[Little Nell]

Thanks anyway. I wondered if it was a photo to celebrate her engagement? My mother has a photo of her wedding, but curiously (and annoyingly) she has her veil down, so this is the only image I have of her. She looks very like her only child, my grandmother.

[Just Barbara]

Hi Nell, from what I can see Granny is wearing a bustle, and since I think she has her hair frizzed on top this would put her into the 1880s, 1886 maybe?

[Little Nell]

Barbara

Thank you for your thoughts.

She was born in 1867 so if it was taken in maybe 1888 it was to mark her coming of age? I have another photo of my grandmother (not Emma's daughter) which I think was the same occasion.

Perhaps it was to send home to her parents? This copy belonged to her daughter.

[Just Barbara]

Could well be Nell it was obviously for something special....

[niftynannie]

Hi Nell

Just fixed the crease.What a beautiful photo

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa306/sue21757/EmmaBroad2.jpg

[brenmac]

early 1800,s lovely dress brenda xxx

[Margaret in Burton]

early 1800,s lovely dress brenda xxx

Surely not Bren, she wasn't born until 1867. Do you mean 1900's? lol:)

[Darksecretz]

Couldnt resist.... lovely pic :)

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p117/Darksecretz_2006/EmmaBroad2_filtered.jpg

[Little Nell]

Nifty and Julie
Thank you so much. I am chuffed to have her restored. The photo actually scanned much better than I thought. The original is a faded sepia. Cheers!

Nifty - how do you get creases out of photos (and don't say you iron them, lol!)

I just wish I hadn't chopped her lovely hair off before I posted. Didn't realise till I checked with original. Doh!

[Darksecretz]

Nell,

you could always re-scan it ;) and not chop her hair off when you crop it :rolleyes:

To remove the creases, (sorry Sue) you would use the "Clone Tool" or a spot repairing tool.

:)

[Little Nell]

Julie

Thanks. Where do I find the clone tool?

[Little Nell]

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[Little Nell]

Or not! Just cannot get the hang of Photobucket. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't and I can't see that i am doing anything different. Grr!

[Little Nell]

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg263/Helen_Evans/emmabroad3.jpg[/IMG]

[Little Nell]

Now why did it work? I just tried again doing exactly what I did earlier!