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Ambros are easier to date and this one is espcially easy as printed material in the case specifies 1857. This suggests that the portrait was pronably taken in 1858 or 59. The boy is unidentified, but looks like he is about 6 years old. The most notable aspect of this potrait is the boys' prefectly formed ringlet curls. That was not all hat common for a boy his asge at the time, even for younger boys. But aspects of the boy's outfit were common if not prevalent for the 1850s and otyhers are a but different. The collar is a little larger than we commomly see and we are not sure if it is an attached or detachabnle collar. What is most identified with the 1850s is the blouse sleeves that billow out from the sleeves, often associted by shortened jackets sleeves that do not reach the wrist. Cut-asway jackets were popular at the time, either plain or with modest decoration like the embroidered piping here. Long pants were standard as were different fabrics for the jacket and pants. We are not sure about the spats. Most of the Dags and Ambros so you do not see the subject's feet. Thus we have no idea about how common spats were, especially for boys.
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