Figure 1.-- This cabinet card portrait shows the two Bampfield children, George Charles and Eileen Mary in 1895. They are 4 and 7 years old. The photograph was taken by Dr. Arhur Howse in his or their Torquay garden. In Britspeak, garden means back yard. Torquay is a vacation spot in Dorset along the Channel coast, of course made famous by hotel keeper Basil Faulty. George wears a velvet short pants Fauntleroy suit. George has a classic cut-away jacket, designed to expose an elaborate Fauntleroy blouse. But in this case the blouse could not be more plain. No fancy frills and rullels to be seen. Rather than a fancy blouse he has a pin-on lace collar. The blouse may be back buttoning and does not seem to have a collar. He has ankle socks and strap shoes. Short socks were common for English children. American children almost had long stockings. His big sister Eileen wears a smocked dress with a large white collar. George has a fancy cushion which seems a bit much for an outdoor photograph. This looks like a snapshot, but is printed as a cabinet card. We are not sure if the phorographer, probably Dr. Howse was an avid photography hobiest who had his photographs printed as cabine cards. Or if a Torquay studio contracted photographers to go to private residents. There is no studio informatiomn on the card.

This cabinet card portrait shows the two Bampfield children, George Charles and Eileen Mary in 1895. They are 4 and 7 years old. The photograph was taken by Dr. Arhur Howse in his or their Torquay garden. In Britspeak, garden means back yard. Torquay is a vacation spot along the Channel coast, of course made famous by hotel keeper Basil Faulty. George wears a velvet short pants velvet Fauntleroy suit He has a cut-away jacket. Rather than a fancy blouse he has a plain blouse and a pin-on lace collar. The blouse may be back buttoning and does not seem to have a collar. He has ankle socks and strap shoes. Short socks were common for English children. American children almost had long stockings. His big sister Eileen wears a smocked dress with a large white collar. George has a fancy cushion which seems a bit much for an outdoor photograph. This looks like a snapshot, but is printed as a cabinet card. We are not sure if the phorographer, probably Dr. Howse was an avid photography hobiest who had his photographs printed as cabine cards. Or if a Torquay studio contracted photographers to go to private residents. There is no studio informatiomn on the card.

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