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United States boys clothes : the 1830s unknown family
Unknown American Family (Probably 1830s)
Figure 1.-- Here we have another well known naive portrait, but we can find no information as to the family or the artist. We post these unknown images in part to neglect any insights tha readers can offer. We suspect it was painted in the 1830s, although the 40s is a definite a possibility. The younger boy's plaid dress suggests the 40s, but overall the fashions it seens to us or more indicative of the 30s. The children look to be about 2-10 years old. The older boy wears a blue tunic and white long pants or pantalettes. It is not easy to differentiate.
Here we have aniother well known naive portrait, but we can find no information as to the family or the artist. We post these unknown images in part to neglect any insights tha readers can offer. We suspect it was painted in the 1830s, although the 40s is a definite a possibility. The younger boy's plaid dress suggests the 40s, but overall the fashions it seens to us or more indicative of the 30s. The children look to be about 2-10 years old. The older boy wears a blue tunic and white long pants or pantalettes. It is not easy to differentiate. The girls wear long dresses with low necklines. The older girl has a dress with a defined waistline. The younger girl's dress has an undefined waistline. Note the older girl's ear loop ringlet. We do not know what to make of the footwear. The props are interesting, including a straw hat, popgun, pin wheel, book with a fullm page illustration, and doll.
