Figure 1.-- This English CDV portrait shows an elegant lady with her two sons. The lady is Elizabeth Smith (1816-1900), Nee Fawcett. Her sons are Thomas Fawcett Smith and Robert Alfred Smith. For some reason Mrs. [Luike?] Wildon Grange is written at the nottom The boys look to be about 6-11 years old. Their fashion-concious mother wears a voluminous dress. The boys wear identical light-colored vested cutaway jacket suits wih knickers and matching kight-colored stockings. The small collars and stock-llke bows help to date it to the 1860s, The pointed corners of the CDV mount and studio set further confirm the 1860s. The studio was Wilson in Slingsby.

This English CDV portrait shows an elegant lady with her two sons. The lady is Elizabeth Smith (1816-1900), Nee Fawcett. Her sons are Thomas Fawcett Smith and Robert Alfred Smith. For some reason Mrs. [Luike?] Wildon Grange is written at the nottom The boys look to be about 6-11 years old. Their fashion-concious mother wears a voluminous dress. The boys wear identical light-colored vested cutaway jacket suits wih knickers and matching kight-colored stockings. The small collars and stock-llke bows help to date it to the 1860s, The pointed corners of the CDV mount and studio set further confirm the 1860s. The studio was Wilson in Slingsby.

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