A 1900 District of Columbia city directory lists 2 persons named George W. Lawrence (no G. W.). One was a machinist and the other a teacher “Professor” of music. In the 1900 US Census, “Professor” Lawrence is listed as having a wife, Amie, age 25 (born 1875) and 2 children, Dudley age 5 (born September 20, 1894) and Lester age 2 (born 1897). A marriage between Amie A. Seville and George W. Lawrence is noted in 1893. The teaching activities and students of music “Professor” Lawrence are referenced in the local newspapers throughout the 1890s. Mr. Lawrence the machinist was 40 and his wife 39 in 1900, with no reference to children. Very likely, the portrait is Amie Seville Lawrence and her first son, Dudley Seville Lawrence, who lived until November 10, 1971. This would seem to date the photograph closer to 1894-1895.