Figure 1.--This English CDV is undated, but looks to have been taken in the 1860s. The portrait was taken by Blake Brothers Photographers, Devonport. The mother and son are undated. The boy looks to be about 3-4 years old. He wears a low-cut plaid dress with white abkle socks. Notice the bows at the shoulders. Also notice mother's voluminous hooped skirt.

This English CDV is undated, but looks to have been taken in the 1860s. The portrait was taken by Blake Brothers Photographers, Devonport. The mother and son are undated. The boy looks to be about 3-4 years old. He wears a low-cut plaid dress with white abkle socks. Notice the bows at the shoulders. his looks to us like a dress style that a girl could have worn as well. The principal concession to the boy's gender seems to have been the plaid material, a pattern commonly associated with the kilt. Pantalettes were still quite common for young children in the 1860s, but this boy does not seem to be wearing them, or at least they do not extend below the hem of the dress. Also notice mother's voluminous hooped skirt. Notice the boys shoirt curls, bith a the sides and the curl on the top of his head.

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