Figure 1.--The unidentified English boy had his portrait taken in 1914. I don't know whether this boy is a virtuoso prodigy or just a boy dressed up for a recital. Anyway, he is dressed for performance in a sailor suitwith knee pants that look almost like knee breeches. He wears the traditional long black stockings with the knee pants. I would guess that he is about 10 years old--maybe 11.

The unidentified English boy had his portrait taken in 1914. I don't know whether this boy is a virtuoso prodigy or just a boy dressed up for a recital. Anyway, he is dressed for performance in a sailor suitwith knee pants that look almost like knee breeches. He wears the traditional long black stockings with the knee pants. I would guess that he is about 10 years old--maybe 11. The sailor suit is interesting with the double row of buttons down the front (probably brass) and matching buttons at the knee. There is a little decoration on his dickey near the neck. I'm not sure how common it was in England to have an emblem of some sort on the dickey of a sailor suit. The styles of these dickles varied from country to country. We think it was less common in England for olders boys, in part because boys from affluent families who went on to their prep schools at about 8 years of age, often stopped wearing sailor suits. We are guessing this was a special suit purchased just for the boy's recital. This is a very fancy sailor suit for formal occassions.

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