Figure 1.--This undated outdoor family portrait looks to have been taken in the 1870s. We are not positive about the date and welcome reader insights. We note quite a number of these outsoors portraits, in this case a back garden (yard) portraits. Or at least whatis meant to be a back garden. We rarly see American portraits taken oursude. We are not sure if this suggests the subjets are wealthy and able to engage a photograoher or if British studios were more active in seeking out opportinities outside the studio.

This undated outdoor family portrait looks to have been taken in the 1870s. We are not positive about the date and welcome reader insights. We note quite a number of these outsoors portraits, in this case a back garden (yard) portraits. Or at least whatis meant to be a back garden. We rarly see American portraits taken oursude. We are not sure if this suggests the subjets are wealthy and able to engage a photograoher or if British studios were more active in seeking out opportinities outside the studio. We see amother with we think her four children. They look to be about 5-20 years old. The child at fromt wears a smock-like dress with pantalettes. We are not sure if the child is a boy or girl. A girl is the most likely answer, but younger boys in the 1870s commonly wore dresses. The two boys look to be about 10-13 years old. The younger boy wears a kne ants sailor suit. His older brother weas a collar-buttoning jacket with an Eton collar. They have an older sister in her late-teens or early-20s.

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