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I need help to:
1) Check whether the transcribed characters match the original on the portrait

Here is what's been transcribed thus far.

恭賀
令郎大婚之慶
嘗思君子之道夫婦
造端聖人作易乾坤
首定誠以婚姻乃生
人之始王化之原者
也茲   令郎垂清會
兄同牢穀旦合巹佳
期公子凌雲藻思女
士咏雪奇姿帶結同
心此日先歌燕爾灼
開並蒂異日定卜螽
斯焉
慶德公司等拜贈

 

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Posted

Your transcription is very accurate.

 

With punctuation added:

恭賀令郎大婚之慶!

嘗思君子之道、夫婦造端,聖人作易、乾坤首定,誠以婚姻乃生人之始、王化之原者也。

茲令郎垂清會兄同牢穀旦、合巹佳期,公子凌雲藻思、女士咏雪奇姿,帶結同心、此日先歌燕爾,灼開並蒂、異日定卜螽斯焉。

——慶德公司等拜贈

Posted

Thanks alot!

There is a Part 2 to it and here's the transcription so far.

There are characters marked with X which I haven't the slightest clue.

 

敬頌
紀綱復振
今夫維持於未廢之
先匡救乎將覆之際 
者斯其X有獨隆而
其功乃更大焉如慶
德會者晚近以來條
規已紊X商謀而見
諉歎資用而莫支幸
惟 令郎垂清賢會
兄目擊心傷持顛扶
危依然重興宜其謳
歌弗替欺
慶德公司等拜贈

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Posted

敬頌
紀綱復振
今夫維持於未廢之
先匡救乎將覆之際 
者斯其有獨隆而
其功乃更大焉如慶
德會者晚近以來條
規已紊商謀而見
資用而莫支幸
惟 令郎垂清賢會
兄目擊心傷持顛扶
危依然重興宜其謳
歌弗替
慶德公司等拜贈

Posted

Thanks Publius.

 

敬頌紀綱復振。
今夫維持於未廢之先,匡救乎將覆之際者,斯其望有獨隆,而其功乃更大焉如慶德會者,晚近以來,條規已紊,欲商謀而見諉,欲資用而莫支幸。

惟令郎垂清賢會,兄目擊心傷持顛扶危,依然重興宜其,謳歌弗替歟。
慶德公司等拜贈

Posted

You're welcome.

 

敬頌紀綱復振
今夫維持於未廢之先、匡救乎將覆之際者,斯其望有獨隆、而其功乃更大焉。

如慶德會者,晚近以來,條規已紊,欲商謀而見諉、欲資用而莫支。

幸惟令郎【垂清賢會兄】目擊心傷,持顛扶危,依然重興。

宜其謳歌弗替歟。
慶德公司等拜贈

 

I may be wrong, cuz I'm not particularly good at Classical Chinese, but I suspect 垂清賢會兄 is an elaborate form of honorifics and the son's name is simply 清會.

Posted

I see.

So in the first picture he is called 垂清會兄, in the second 垂清賢會兄, 會兄 must be “同會之兄長”之意。

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