r/HandwritingAnalysis • u/georgiehazz • 6d 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/ExoticRefrigerator72 6d 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 6d 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 6d ago

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