Can you help me read these, or help me identify the characters? They're written on the backing paper of a scroll painting, probably from my great grandmother from about 1925. I’ve tried two different OCR packages and get nothing. Here are a picture of the painting, the inscriptions on its back, and my attempts to trace the inscriptions for use with OCR.
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All I can make out of is 梅: ? ? 晚春– Tang Ho ♦Feb 14 at 0:28
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maybe “梅梅大x” & “皖x”, imo 😸– 水巷孑蠻Feb 14 at 0:55
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methinks, great grandma won't win any calligraphy prizes! I asked someone who is usually good at this to look, but no, undecipherable! Personally, I think the first 3 may be: 枚二大,but I am not a reliable source for deciphering squiggles!– PedroskiFeb 14 at 23:53
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Thank you so much for trying! You are doing much better at it than I can. I hope someone can still make sense of it.– Tim LeonardFeb 15 at 1:12
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By the way, where is the first inscription located on the painting? It doesn't seem to be the one right above the seal. I suppose the location of the writing might give it some context that could help determining its meaning.– Elliot YuFeb 15 at 1:24
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not quite sure about the three characters in the middle, perhaps 梅-二-大-?(含?舍?)-晚-春