Figure 1.--These three boys are presumaby brothers although they are unidntified. We do know tht the portrait was taken in 1890. The boys look to be about 2-13 years old. The boys' outfits are notable for the minimal Fauntleroy items. |
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These boys had a cabiney card portrait taken together. The three boys are presumaby brothers although they are unidntified. We do know tht the portrait was taken in 1890. The boys look to be about 2-13 years old. The boys' outfits are notable for the minimal Fauntleroy items. The younger boy wears a kind of kilt suit with a blouse top rather than a jacket and a slightly pleared kilt skirt. He has a small bow and a pocket handkerchief. His older brother looks to be about 9 years old. He wears an early Norfolk suit with verticle vents, but no belt. Hec has a modestly sized Peter Pan collar and small bow. The jacket is worn like a cut-away jacket. His knee pants are still the long style covering the knees. Actual knee-length knee pants were just beginning to appear. Their older brother wears a standard sack suit jacket with very small, high set lapels. He alo wears it partially open. It is hard to see his collar, but he has a tie with a large Windsor knot. His suit is done with long pants. The studio was H. Davis in Cadiz, O. We think that means Ohio. the portrait has a rustin setting with a difuse background.
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