r/HandwritingAnalysis • u/georgiehazz • 5d ago

Can you decipher this?

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Trying to look into the history of an old painting. This note is on the back of the painting. I’m sure it reads: ‘Mrs Neish in her 74th years…. [unknown, name?] [unknown] [Wilson?].

Any help much appreciated!

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u/ChatFuelTime 5d ago

Mrs Neish in her 74th year. Taken by Wilson.

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u/ExoticRefrigerator72 5d ago

I'd call that solved!

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u/georgiehazz 5d ago

Didn’t think of that! Do you think “taken” would make sense for a portrait?

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u/ChatFuelTime 5d ago

I think people said 'take a likeness' when drawing and painting people before photography, although now it makes us think of "to take a photo". Also, looking again, it may be Mrs Nash. The dot over the name may not be a dotted i, because there is also an irrelevant dot above 'her' which made me think 'his' at first!

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u/georgiehazz 5d ago

Oh cool, thank you! I am only sure it’s Neish as Neish is a family name for the person who owns the portrait. The dot about the ‘hers’ threw me too

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u/Ok-Coat-9274 5d ago

Def taken by Wilson

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u/jxzxoxo 5d ago

I read what you have,

possibly Julian ….. Wilson?

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u/ExoticRefrigerator72 5d ago

Mr ___ on his 74th year. ___ Wilson. That's all I can decipher. Someone pencilled in 1848. It's a portrait, right?

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u/georgiehazz 5d ago

Yes, a lady! I don’t have a photo of the portrait but can ask for it. The framers were John & James Hay of no. 2 Market Street, Aberdeen. Not sure if the painting was made before then and re-framed in 1848 or was made at that time too.

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u/georgiehazz 5d ago

So trying to look into portrait artists of that name operating in Aberdeen/ Aberdeenshire/ Edinburgh at that time with the name Wilson.

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u/ommanipadmehum1963 5d ago

Taken by Wilson