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This American boy wears a tunic suit has destinctive diagonal styling. It is a suit as the knee pants match the tunic. The CDV portrait is undated, but was probably taken in the late-1860s. The portrait was taken in Frankford, Pennsylvania. Note the brss buttons. The boy here is unidetified. He looks to be about 4-5 years old. The portrait was taken in Frankford, Pennsylvania. This American boy wears a tunic suit has destinctive diagonal styling. It is a suit as the knee pants match the tunic. A was common at the time, mother dressed the boy up for his portrait.
He is wearing a dark tunic suit. It looks lke it was colored, perhaos brown. Other colors ike burgundy or forest green are posible. The material looks to be velvet (velveteen) suit of jacket and knee length trousers.
The boy here is unidetified. He looks to be about 4-5 years old.
The portrait was taken in Frankford, Pennsylvania.
The portrait was a CDV. Most merican CDVs were taken in the 1860s. We still note some in the early 70s, but were generally replced by the cabinnt card format which became very popular. The photographer was Thomas Hutchinson, No. 4910 Main Street, Frankford.
The CDV portrait is undated, but was probably taken in the late-1860s. One observer writes, "This is a CDV made during the early years of the Civil War. The simple imprint of the photographer with some curving of the lines, the square corners and the single red border as well as the thickness of the card all help in attributing this photograph to the period of 1863 to 1865. In light of the fact that there is no revenue stamp attached (which practice began in August 1864), it leaves the period of 1863 to the early summer of 1864 as the time of the "picture taking"." We questin this assessment. The style of the boy's outfit seems to us more like the 1870s. The CDV format and the background do indeeed look like the 1860s to us. So we believe tht the late-60s is a more reasonabke date. We also can not confirm the observers date of the mount characteristics.
This American boy wears a tunic suit has destinctive diagonal styling. It is a suit as the knee pants match the tunic. A was common at the time, mother dressed the boy up for his portrait.
He is wearing a dark tunic suit. It looks lke it was colored, perhaos brown. Other colors ike burgundy or forest green are posible. The material looks to be velvet (velveteen) suit of jacket and knee length trousers. Itis difficult to tell from a photograph, but it looks lke it might hve been velvet. It is a soft fabric that would fall nicely the way this velvet is cut as it has a bit of a flare past the waist. It could have been a cotton but the ensemble looks too "rich" to be cotton. The jacket is trimmed in piping along all edges and the sleeves have 4 to 5 inch cuffs that come to a point--a military touch. In addition, the tunic has a diagonal placket lined with buttons which have been colored or tinted as gold (brass) on the image. These buttons are also on the belt, the shoulder and the cuffs of the jacket sleeves. The buttons also are on the side seam of the leg of the pants, but the photographer or his/her artist did not tint or color those (as well as one on his shoulder).
There is a tiny bit of white collar showing at the neck, and this is probably from the shirt underneath. He is also wearing white stockings or socks, and he has on shin high lace/button boots that are really in fairly nice condition as compared to others.
He holds in his left hand a rounded-crown hat with a small streamer. It is made of straw (which can be seen on the magnification).
The boy's mother managed to get a fairly straight side part in his hair and it stays down rather well except for what looks like a bit of a pomadour on his right side. We wonder what it looked like when it was not oiled down.
The Victorian side chair is not the usual photographer's chair with adjustable back and sides. It looks to have a heavy or thicker back, Queen Anne legs and a tufted leather seat.
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