Can anybody read old handwriting? What the frick does this say?!

[YourVagesty]

Can anybody decipher this? It's on the back of an old painting and we have no idea what it says.

What say you MN?

Ah damn. Image under review - should appear shortly.

Trying to get a better shot of it

No idea. My MIL writes like that and I genuinely cannot read any birthday card from her

There's a Genealogy board on MN and there's some posters on that who are good at decipering old handwriting - maybe ask on there?

What is the painting of?

Miss or Mary
Josephine?
Emery
Dated 9th or 2nd September

Is it of two people? What sort of age is it?

I think the second word is Taylor. Can’t make out the first - could be Mary? I agree with Emery. Could be X Emery (as in maiden name).

Mrs Tayler or Taylor x Emery dated 2nd Sept

62.5% confidence 🤣

I think the first word might be “My” with the swoop of the y going to the right instead of left

I think it’s ‘my’ too

I stuck it into AI and it said

My Jaylen Ewing
Dall & Skip

I'm not convinced 😂 but I do think that first word may be 'My' (maybe 'my darling...')

I think the last word on the first line might be “Grundy” and the end of the second might be “slip”

I would say last word is 'slip' which could be referring to the frame.

What's it a picture of?

I unhelpfully read this as:
Nup Jayler & Emm----y
Dah'd Girl Slip

Sorry 🤔

Mrs Taylor dated 9th Sep

What is the context of the painting? Is it a portrait? Maybe the work of more than one person?
To me, it looks like three people have signed their names - M??? Taylor, J E??? and David? ?iel? Slip?

It’s obviously a picture of the bangled fortune teller Mrs Jangles and her pet ferret, Emery.

Many thanks & everything, Daffy Gel Slip

Is it definitely in English?

Mrs? Taylor Ewing.... D? Slip

I think the first bit is:
HiyA Jayden & Ewan.

I'm convinced it says Ewan. Ive no idea on the second line.

Could the second line have the words ‘Gold Slip’? This could refer to a narrow piece of gilded wood that sits between the frame and the canvas. Instructions to the picture framer, perhaps?

Mrs Taylor (something - emery? Perhaps child in picture’s name if it’s a mother and child)
Second line - “Oak and gold slip,” it’s directions to the framer

Mrs Taylor and family?

Mrs Taylor and everybody?

[from]

Dak [heart symbol] Girl or Giel Slip

Mrs P Taylor and Emma, dark red slip.

Is it a picture of a woman a nd young girl, one wearing a dark red slip?