English Families: Unidentified Frome Family (1860s)


Figure 1.-- Here we see a CDV portait of a very large family with young children. There are six childrn, mostly boys. They look to range from 1-10 years old. It is not common to see so many young children spaced so closely together. All we know for sure is that they were from Frome in Somerset. They look to range from 1-10 years old. he CDV is indated, but looks like the 1860s to us. The children wear dresses and knee pants suits. we can tell by the ages that mother breeched the boys at about 4 years of age. The two children at the far left we believe to be boys and close in age, probanly 3-4/5 years old. One wears a dress and the other a knee pants sailor suit, a good example of an early sailor suit. Thus the practive in the family was to breech the boys at about 4 years old. The two older brother wear cut-away jacket knee pants suit. Notice how long the knee pants are. We see mostlu long stockings, but the boy wearing the dress wears white socks. The girl at right wears white long stockings and pantalettes. Most of the children wear hightop shoes, we think button shoes. The boy at left wears strap shoes. The studio was Munro in Frome.

Here we see a CDV portait of a very large family with young children. There are six childrn, mostly boys. They look to range from 1-10 years old. It is not common to see so many young children spaced so closely together. All we know for sure is that they were from Frome in Somerset. They look to range from 1-10 years old. he CDV is indated, but looks like the 1860s to us. Family images like this even without any written information help us assess a variety of conventions. The children wear dresses and knee pants suits. we can tell by the ages that mother breeched the boys at about 4 years of age. This varied from family to family, but by assessing family conventions we assess country trends. The two children at the far left we believe to be boys and close in age, probably 3-4/5 years old. The children are not udentified. Webelieve thar=t the hair style is a good indicator of gender. Girls usually had center parts like his big sister at the right. One wears a dress and the other a knee pants sailor suit, a good example of an early sailor suit. Thus the practive in the family was to breech the boys at about 4 years old. Sailor suits were just beginning to become a popular boys' sty;e. This is one of the earliest examples we see among the general public. The two older brother wear cut-away jacket knee pants suit--an 1860s stample. Notice how long the knee pants are. We see mostly long stockings, but the boy wearing the dress wears white socks. The girl at right wears white long stockings and pantalettes. Notice that both dresses do not have collars, but are not low-cut like mny sresses we see at the time. Most of the children wear hightop shoes, we think button shoes. The boy at left wears strap shoes. The studio was Munro in Frome.








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