Figure 1.-- The water color shown here is unidenttified. We know nothing about it. Our assessment, however, is that it was painted in England during the 1830s. It was not paintained by a master artist, it is however a charming image and the dresses and hair styles are painted in some detail. There is no way to be certain, but we believe the child in the blue dress is a boy. Click on the image for a discussion of the hair styles and garments.

We do not have a lot of information on the 1830s yet. The era before photogrphy was developed is much more difficult to research than the era beginning in the 1850s when photographs begin to appear in large numbers. In addition, some of the images we have been able to obtain are not dated or identified. This complicates our assessment, but as best we can determine the dresses worn by boys were essentially the same as those worn by their sisters. Rhe empire dresses popuilar in the early 19th century began to be replaced by more fuilly cut styles and bright colors were very popular. We also notice dresses with low cut bodices and bows at the sleeves. The water color shown here is unidenttified. We know nothing about it. Our assessment, however, is that it was painted in England during the 1830s. It was not paintained by a master artist, it is however a charming image and the dresses and hair styles are painted in some detail.

Created: June 30, 2003
Last updated: 5:12 PM 7/29/2004