Figure 1.-- The cabinet card portrait here shows the parents and four children, about 9-20 years of age (figure 1). There is also a second adult woman, perhaps a maiden aunt. We see a definite military connection. Two of the three boys wear sailor suits and the girl wears a sailor dress. The third boy wears an army uniform. The two older boys are probably actually in the military and wearing real uniforms. We suspect their father is a retired military man. The younger boy wars a child's sailor sui. We are unsure as to his age. He has his hair done in short ringlets. He looks older than 8 years, but older boys are less likely to have ringlets. The studio looks something like J.F. Lee. in Farnham.

We have very limited inforamtion on this English family other than what can be observed in the protait. We do know that it was Farnham family. The full baloon sleves on the dresses suggest the portrait was taken about 1895. There are many Farnhams in England, but most are villages. Ham in Old English has the meaning homestead, village, manor, or estate. Thus this is probably the town southwest of London which with the expansion of the city in modern times puts it on gthe outskirts of the city. It is of some historical interest. there are buildings of note, including Georgian houses. Farnham Castle overlooks the town. A short distance southeast of the town centre are the ruins of Waverley Abbey, Moor Park House and Mother Ludlam's Cave. The cabinet card portrait here shows the parents and four children, about 9-20 years of age (figure 1). There is also a second adult woman, perhaps a maiden aunt. We see a definite military connection. Two of the three boys wear sailor suits and the girl wears a sailor dress. The third boy wears an army uniform. The two older boys are probably actually in the military and wearing real uniforms. We suspect their father is a retired military man. The younger boy wars a child's sailor sui. We are unsure as to his age. He has his hair done in short ringlets. He looks older than 8 years, but older boys are less likely to have ringlets.

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