In the spirit of Valentines day, here’s a pair of images. Found together in the back of an album. Happy Valentines day!
Description:
Subject(s): Unknown
Subject Description: Woman in a high necked striped dress with black ruffled collar adorned with a small brooch & a man in a suit with a spotted tie
Backdrop: Simple
Mount: Neutral brown card
Frame: Rectangular image with simple double boarder and with an embossed dappled pattern around the edge
Size: 2.6” x 4.2”
Photographers Font: (Embossed) E.P. Short, 35 Derby Road, Nottingham
Photographers full name: Ephraim Pope Short
Photographer Info: Short was at 35 Derby Road in the 1901 census. He sometimes signed his photographs ‘E.P. Short 35 Derby Road (Above the Cathedral) Nottingham’. No. 35 Derby Road almost back’s onto the Cathedral Church of St Barnabas.
REF: Roots Chat (2020) ’Photographers Address (Nottinghamshire)’ [Online] http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=521181.0 (Validated by Google Map Search)
Photograph No.: -
Corners: Rounded - mostly intact but one badly damaged
Condition: Some damage to one of the prints and evidence of wear to the mounts edges/corners
Date: All these details suggest the images are circa 1900-1905
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