England: Unidentified English Boy (1851)


Figure 1.-- Here all we have is a drawing, but it is dated so we know it was drawn in 1851. Unfortuntately the boy is not identified. It shows a smartly dressed British boy. He wears a short dark jacket with a waistcoat and trousers in a contrasting color. This was quite common in the first half of the 19yth century. In the second half of the century, suits with mstching kacket and trousers were more common.

We begin to see substantial numbers of photographs in 1850, but the numbers are still relatively limited and thec quality of the images often poor. Thus paintings and drawings are still the major source of images. Here all we have is a drawing, but it is dated so we know it was drawn in 1851. Unfortuntately the boy is not identified. It shows a smartly dressed British boy. He wears a short dark jacket with a waistcoat and trousers in a contrasting color. This was quite common in the first half of the 19yth century. In the second half of the century, suits with mstching kacket and trousers were more common.







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