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This cabinet card of an unidentified American was taken in the 1890s. CWe see a young teenage girl, a small boy in a Fauntleroy suit and their parents. The children look to be about 5-15 years old. There is no indication as to the studio and location. Thisxwas rather unusual in the 1890s. Mother is clearly very fashionable. Surely they are a city family. Everybody is dressed in their best, and everybody gazes a bit stiffly into the camera. The dresses with the balooning sleeves strongly suggest the portait was taken about 1895. This is a family portrait taken in a studio setting before an elaborate painted backdrop of a fine room interior. Father sits in a wooden chair in a heavyweight jacket and matching vest worn with trousers in a complementary shade. He has a knotted cravat and a split collar. He is a bit stout but appears muscular, and his hands appear strong. Time has taken much of his hair, but he still has a thick mustache. Mother stands behind in a dress in the 1890s style with a fitter bodice but large puffs at the shoulders that would morph into mutton sleeves later in the decade. The dress has a ruvved hem and is conservatively trimmed with appliqued braid. The daughter wears a dress of similar style, only with a bit of bright plaid in the puffs and bodice, a frothy ruffled collar - and a delicate beaded choker ornaments the neckline. The little boy has knee pants worn over dark stockings, a classic Fauntleroy cut-away jacket and one of the elaborately ruffled blouses popular in the 80s.
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