Figure 1.-I would guess Tyat Percy was breached at 7-8 years of age, although there is now way of telling. Here we would guess he is about 9 years old. In the last dress photo, judging from the height of the post he is standing next to, he looks to be about the same height as he was in the 6 year old protrait. His face, however, looks a at least 2 years older, perhaps 3 years. The portrait is not real clear, but Percy is wearing a kneepants or knicker suit. Image coutesy of the RG collection.

Here we have Percy finally breached. I would guess that Percy was breached at 7-8 years of age, although there is now way of telling. Here we would guess he is about 9 years old. I am not possitive about this, but would say he is about 8-9 years of age. Perhaps HBC readers will haveca different estimate. One reader thinks he looks about 10 years old. That seems a bit too old to me. In the last dress photo, judging from the height of the post he is standing next to, he looks to be about the same height as he was in the 6 year old protrait. His face, however, looks a at least 2 years older, perhaps 3 years. The portrait is not real clear, but Percy is wearing a kneepants or knicker suit. Our contributor writes, "Two portraits show Percy dressed as a girl, including props and necklace. This is especially true of one image which shows him wearing a bonnet. He also wears a fancy dress and his hair is held back from the face with a narrow ribbon, which is tied in a bow at the top of his head. None of the dresses he weasrs are boys dress. It is interesting to note that Percy's attire seems to become more feminine as he gets older, at least until he is breeched. Percy was breeched rather late, probably around 10 years of age." Here Percy holds a cap in his hand, but it is difficult to tell just what kind of cab it is. Percy's hair is cut short and parted at the side. If as we initially assumed that these were 1880s images, then this portrait would have been taken about 1890. But the image looks older to us, rather like it was taken in the early 80s if not earlier.