Mystery photo

[lozaras]

I have just been going through a big box of photos that I borrowed from Mum & Dad in the summer and have been meticulously scanning and annotating the images with what was written on the back etc.
This one has me stumped. Mum wrote something on the back but I don't think it fits.
Any ideas (of era or anything else) would be gratefully received
I only know that it was by a professional photographer in Barnstaple, North Devon:
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[lozaras]

if mum is right then this is the same lady:


"A voluntary part time nurse in WWI" (Born in 1870)

photos removed because it's NOT the same lady

[Langley Vale Sue]

Do you know the name and/or address of the photographer in Barnstaple? Maybe we can narrow the timeframe down this way.

[lozaras]

Thanks Sue, I hadn't thought of that.

Britton
(Late Britton & Sons)
40 High Street
Barnstaple


They existed in 1870: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....ple.htm#trade1

but not in 1893: httphttp://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/B...al1893.html://

1844 - No photographers but a William Britton - Optician http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Barns...taple1844.html

1881 census - William Britton - Optician/Photographer http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....US/UK1881.html

He's on the 1891 census as a photographer

His wife was a widow on 1901

So we have a 49 year window 1844-1893

[Merry]

I would say the first photo you posted is quite early. It's mainly the drop shoulders, full crinoline skirt and ringlets in her hair that give me that idea.

I have a photo I have a date for, to compare.......Please hold the line......

[Merry]

I forgot to say, also that the waistline of her dress is at the waist and not below that, as would usually be the case after the crinoline went out of fashion.

Anyway, this is Emma Maynard b 1841 in a photo taken before 1868 and probably about 1865.

[Merry]

I forgot to say, also that the waistline of her dress is at the waist and not below that

That's not well expressed! lol

I mean the bodice of her dress (your lady's and Emma Maynard's) finishes at the natural waist, whilst most dresses made after the demise of the crinoline have the bodice fitted into the waist but then continue down to the hip level before the skirt (not so full and with a bustle later on) comes into play.

[lozaras]

Thanks Merry,

That would rule out great-grandma then, who was born in 1870 - this lady is older

It could be her mum

[lozaras]

cross-posted

lol! I understood what you meant with the waist thing.

How do you know that Emma Maynard's photo was before 1868?


And why is my photo so tiddley compared with yours???

[lozaras]

The photos have the same hairstyle too