[2] Born in Ely in 1872, Etheldreda was the daughter of Richard Winkfield, head of the King's School.

After studying drawing in Cambridge, she married the barrister Charles Miskin Laing in 1895, after which the couple lived in Oxford.

In 1899, they moved to Bury Knowle House in the Oxford district of Headington.

Enthralled with photography, which she appears to have practiced since the late 1890s, Etheldreda had her own darkroom built in the house.

There is also an indoor photograph of Janet in Japanese kimono, which was popular at the time.