Your family photos
Natasha Ellakirk writes:
My great-grandmother, Mollie, had this photo on her mantelpiece during her lifetime and a scan was recently sent to me by relatives. I’m told the original is 3ins x 3½ins and seems stuck directly to glass. Nobody in the family knows the gentleman’s identity for sure, so I’d like to know whether any clues can identify him. We believe he is one of Mollie’s great-grandfathers, so there are four contenders: John Morrison (c1800– 1861); Donald Morrison (c1817–1885); Ewan Maclean (c1791–1868); and Donald Maclean (c1792–1861).
We have cautiously estimated the date to be c1860s (though are fully prepared to be proven wrong). Three of the four contenders died around this time, when
