Figure 1.--Here we see a boy leanung on a ballistrade emulating a classical ruin as might be found country estate garden. The back drop is idealized flowers. We know this portatit was taken in 1893 because the New Hampshire boy was born in 1889 and he was 4 years old.

There were also classical settings like might be found on a country estate, items like balistrades, follies,sculptured walls, and pillars. This might be done in a setting with plants and flowers. We see relaistic sets at first and then more dreamy, whistfull settings. These sets were in sharp contrat to the nostlgic farm/rural settings, another popular set. The clasical/garden settings were more aspirational. Clients were likely to come from verymodest rural backgrounds and lived their when young. The classical / garden settings eem more a view as how rich people lived and reflected a deire to live in estates with beautiful gardens. This was another very popular outdoor set. These kike the rural settings are outdoors with a touch of nature, but the impression is more of well-tended garden on a country estate than a rural or farm scene. Here we may have a yen for greenery from city dwealers who rarely see grass and trees on an estate, not an ordinary rural scene. This was of course all before the move to the suburbs. We are not sure about the chrinology yet, but know this was a popular choice in the 1890s.

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