Victorian Photograph

[Oates]

Any ideas how old this person looks and when it might have been taken?

[Ladkyis]

Oh my word that's hard. I would not have thought he was over 35. His hands look quite young and he doesn't seem to have many wrinkles or lines on his face. HIs skin looks young too as to when it was taken well who knows. I feel it might be 1880s or later perhaps - or even 1910-20 again he is wearing timeless working clothes and that's difficult

[Oates]

Apparently it's a picture of my ggg uncle aged 16 who died down the pits in 1883... I know people often looked older than they were back then, but my god. He just looks so much older than 15/16.

[Ladkyis]

Some people have old faces. When I was 16 no-one would believe that I wasn't 25 but when I was 50 no-one believed I was over 40 so I have a middle range face

[Astoria]

His tash looks a bit too full for a 16 year old, don't you think?

[Rubina]

I'd be shocked if he was under 25 - his hair has already started receding at the sides of his temple. I know that some men do start losing their hair at a very young age (this is the case in my Paternal line with both a nephew being almost bald at 25 and one of my sons starting to recede by a similar age), however, I think 16 too young.

Also, our ears and noses do continue to grow (at a very slow rate fortunately!) throughout much of our lives and this chaps ears already look reasonably large! (I don't wish to be rude about your ancestor - they are a lovely shape!!).

Rubina

[Oates]

Some people have old faces. When I was 16 no-one would believe that I wasn't 25 but when I was 50 no-one believed I was over 40 so I have a middle range face

Hmm I think it's the moustache in his case...