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We believe that tunics were widely worn by English boys. I do not know to what extent tunics were worn in the 18th century. I have seen relatively few images of English boys wearing tunics in the early 19th century, but believe that they were widely worn. Tunics were a common style in the early 19th Century and were still being worn at mid-century. While we have few portraits of boys in tunic suits in the early 19th century, we do have several photographic images of English boys wearing tunics at mid-centurty. We note the Tennyson boys wearing tunics in the 1860s, but are unsure how common that was. I have seen relatively few images of English boys in turn of the 20th century tunic suits. The tunics suits worn by American and French boys in the early 20th Century seem much less common in England. English boys seem to have worn short pants suits without the long tunics worn in France and America and were much more plain than the French suits. Both the sailor style and Russian blouse style were worn. We know little about the conventions or social class destinctions concerning English boys wearing tunics.
We believe that tunics were widely worn by English boys. The popularity and styles, however, have varied over time.
I do not know to what extent tunics were worn in the 18th century. I have seen relatively few images of English boys wearing tunics in the early 19th century, but believe that they were widely worn. Tunics were a common style in the early 19th Century and were still being worn at mid-century. While we have few portraits of boys in tunic suits in the early 19th century, we do have several photographic images of English boys wearing tunics at mid-centurty. We note the Tennyson boys wearing tunics in the 1860s, but are unsure how common that was. I have seen relatively few images of English boys in turn of the 20th century tunic suits. The tunics suits worn by American and French boys in the early 20th Century seem much less common in England. English boys seem to have worn short pants suits without the long tunics worn in France and America and were much more plain than the French suits. This is not to say that they were not worn, only that they were not as common.
We have only limited information on styling at this time. Our archive is too limited to develop this tpoic to any extent at this time. The tunics worn in the early- and mid-19th century were destinctive to those worn at the turn of the 20th century. Our information on styling is still limited. We know relatively little about tunics in the early 19th century before the development of photography. We note quite a range of styles at the mid-19th century. We see some tunics that were very plain andothers that had detailing such as highighted colored strips. At the turn of the 20century we see tunics like the Buster Brown suits worn in America. Both the sailor style and Russian blouse style were popular.
We have noted barious types of trousers worn by English boys with tunics. We have noted lpantalettes, ong pants, bloomer knickers, and knee pants being worn with tunics. The popularity of these different types of trousers has varied. We note mostly pantalettes and long trousers being worn in the erly and mid-19th century. Bloomer knickers seem common at the turn of the 20th century. We also notice English boys wearing open leg shorts. A good example is an English boy in 1916.
We know little about the conventions or social class destinctions concerning English boys wearing tunics.
Several individual boys wearing tunic suits are archived on HBC. We notice Cedric Arthur Mason wearing a heavy wool tunic suit about 1912.
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