Figure 1.--All we know anout this school is that it was surely taken in Stilton because the class portrait was taken by a Stilton photographer. It is a cabinet card. Stilton is a town in Cambridgeshire near Huntingdon. This looks to be a state primary school and the boys about 7-8 years old. There are 23 boys in the class. They wear collar-buttoning jackes, several with Eton collars. Most have knee pants and long stockings. Notice the substantial brick school building. We are not entirely sure about the chronology. We believe the portrait was taken in the 1880s, but could be the 70s. We think the simple bows rather than floppy bows suggest rule out the lte-1880s an 90s. Perhaps readers will have some idea about dating. The studio was Migfall and Dunn in Stilton.

All we know anout this school is that it was surely talen in Stilton because the class portrait was taken by a Stilton photographer. It is a cabinet card. Stilton is a town in Cambridgeshire near Huntingdon. we at first thought that it was a state primary school and the boys about 7-8 years old. But looking at the boys in the back we see auch wider age range. This might suggest a small private school. But the building seems much more than would be suspected by amall pricate chool. So we are jut not sure what kind of chool w have here. There are 23 boys in the class. They wear collar-buttoning jackes, several with Eton collars. Most have knee pants and long stockings. Notice the substantial brick school building. We are not entirely sure about the chronology. We believe the portrait was taken in the 1880s. We do not think it was an 1890s portrait because of the cabinet mount style and the boys have simple bows rather than the floppy bows popular in the 1890s. It is possible that tht could have been taken in the 1870s, but unlike america, We see mostly CDVs in Britain during the 1870s. The mount has rule kines like early CDVs and rather than a printed back, the card has a simple studio stamp which we also see in early CDVs. Perhaps readers will have some idea about dating. The studio was Migfall and Dunn in Stilton.

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