Hello Rosalyn, It depended on the photographer what props and poses were used. I have never seen the observation that the hand on a book indicated a wedding photo. If your photo was 1842, it would be inside a gilt framed leather-like covering with closing lid, and the photo would be on a silver mirror-like surface covered with glass and difficult to see at an angle. Known as a dageurrotype, costing a full year's wages for an agricultural worker. If this is mounted on card, then the earliest it could be is early 1850s. If it is mounted, is there a name of a photographer on the front or back? Regards Ada Ada Ackerly. Melbourne Formerly Ackerly Docusearch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosalyn Strutton Smaill" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 5:52 PM Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Earliest Victorian Photos > Hi Everyone, > Recently I obtained a photo of my G G Grandmother, Catherine (DELANEY) > TANNER who spent about 9 yrs in Geelong. It appears to be taken early in > her life from appearance & her clothing. Her left hand is placed on a book, > appearing to indicate that it was a wedding photo, but she married in 1842. > Is that a possibility? > > Hope someone can help, please, > > Rosalyn > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District > http://www.zades.com.au > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Perhaps it might be the prominence of the left hand, displaying the wedding ring, is where the link with weddings might be? Marion

Hi Ada, Sorry to take so long to reply - car repairs to be done, visitors to collect and entertain, etc. Re the indication/s of a wedding photo, I did not phrase that very well. I was not referring to the book as the indication of marriage, but to the fact that Catherine's left hand was posed so that the ring and ring finger were visible. I have found quite a number of such photos (incl. one of my Gramdma Catherine Mary FLYNN TANNER whose left hand was resting on her right hand which held her bouquet, and my Mum whose left hand was resting on her right upper chest). Some have the left hand on seated husband's shoulder, on a piece of furniture, etc. Because of the fact that the photo has been scanned and sent to me via email, I do not know if it was a dageurrotype or on card, but assume that because the image was clear it probably was on card. I cannot make out a photographer's name on the image. Rosalyn > Hello Rosalyn, > > It depended on the photographer what props and poses were used. > > I have never seen the observation that the hand on a book indicated a > wedding photo. > > If your photo was 1842, it would be inside a gilt framed leather-like > covering with closing lid, and the photo would be on a silver mirror-like > surface covered with glass and difficult to see at an angle. Known as a > dageurrotype, costing a full year's wages for an agricultural worker. > > If this is mounted on card, then the earliest it could be is early 1850s. > If > it is mounted, is there a name of a photographer on the front or back? > > Regards Ada > > Ada Ackerly. Melbourne > Formerly Ackerly Docusearch > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rosalyn Strutton Smaill" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 5:52 PM > Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Earliest Victorian Photos > > >> Hi Everyone, >> Recently I obtained a photo of my G G Grandmother, Catherine (DELANEY) >> TANNER who spent about 9 yrs in Geelong. It appears to be taken early in >> her life from appearance & her clothing. Her left hand is placed on a > book, >> appearing to indicate that it was a wedding photo, but she married in > 1842. >> Is that a possibility? >> >> Hope someone can help, please, >> >> Rosalyn >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District >> http://www.zades.com.au >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District > http://www.zades.com.au > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >