Figure 1.-- This CDV portrait shows ?enejy Brittches (the writing on the back is indistinct). We thought at first it may be Henry, but there appears to be a 'j' in the name. He looks to be about 6 years old wearing a velvet cut-away jacket, with voluminous knicker pants. The jacket is olain, but there is piping with a matching band at the wrist cuff. We do not see much of his blouse, but it has a small collar worn with a small colored cross tie. Many of these suits were worn with vests, but not this one. And because there is no vest, it does not seen to button up the front. Shortened-length pants were becoming standard for younger boys in the 1870s. Click on the image to see the writing on the back.

This CDV portrait shows [Henejy?] Brittches (the writing on the back is indistinct). We thought at first it may be Henry, but there appears to be a 'j' in the name. He looks to be about 6 years old wearing a velvet cut-away jacket, with voluminous knicker pants. The jacket is plain, but there is piping with a matching band at tyhe rist cuff. We do not see much of his blouse, but it has a small collar worn with a small colored cross tie. Many of these suits were worn with vests, but not this one. And because there is no vest, it does not seen to button up the front. Shortened-length pants were becoming standard for younger boys in the 1870s. Many of the jackets had embroidered design often in the 70s with matching embroidery on the pants. Here we only have the embroidery on the pants. These rather baggy knickers seem to have been very popular in the 1870s. We see them more than knee pants, at least in the photographic record. We are not sure about the color, either black or other dark color. If you look on the desk you can see a matching beret or tam, we are not sure how it would be described at the time. It has what looks like some kind of metal pin. The writing on the back ofvthe card is not clear. We can't make out his first name, but his last name is Brtittches. We thought at first it may be Henry, but there appears to be a 'j' in the name. An Enlish readerhas offered some suggestions. "We thought at first it may be Henry, but there appears to be a 'j' in the name. I looked at the first letter and at first thought there were two letters. Having traced over the lines there is only one letter. It is a capital "H' so the first name is looks to be Henely or Henejy." We are not sure how common such names were in England. The studio is W. Hicks in Eastbourne. He may be from Eastbourne, but as it is a beach resort, he may be just visiting. The hair seems a bit strange. There is a razor straight part near the center line, but interest in the rest of the hair seems lacking. It is rather disordered.

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