Comments on: mystery man in a mourning brooch http://nltaylor.net/sketchbook/archives/92 medieval and modern genealogy, memory and history — part of nltaylor.net Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:34:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Nat Taylor http://nltaylor.net/sketchbook/archives/92/comment-page-1#comment-5188 Nat Taylor Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:52:10 +0000 http://nltaylor.net/sketchbook/archives/92#comment-5188 Joey066, thank you for this comment. I don’t have a good reference that dates styles so precisely (things I could find online, and in one of Maureen Taylor’s books on dating photographs by clothing styles, seemed vaguer than the detail you’re giving). Can you recommend a good source on this, for men’s styles, women’s styles, or both?

I should say the mourning brooch has a beveled clear-glass back, but all that’s visible beneath it is black fabric. Not sure whether that’s a memento of the man, or something put there in place of the lock of hair or whatever.

]]> By: joey066 http://nltaylor.net/sketchbook/archives/92/comment-page-1#comment-5168 joey066 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:30:52 +0000 http://nltaylor.net/sketchbook/archives/92#comment-5168 I think you are off about 10 years on the first picture. With the hairstyle (covering the ears), and the oversized jacket, this photo I suspect is circa 1858-1864. Any earlier a beard and the longish hair would be unusual, and any later the tie would be more loose fitting, with a smaller jacket.
–Great pics, thanks!
Joe Cook

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